Delta Airlines

Airline stocks have been under extreme selling pressure lately, as shrinking margins, high oil/fuel prices, fare battles, and lower overall travel have taken their toll on both current and future profits. The turmoil has made shares of airliners a favorite target of short sellers over the past...

The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

For the second time this week, snow wreaked havoc on London's Heathrow airport, parts of Europe, and now there are warnings that more snow is to come. Many have said that Heathrow airport looks more like a refugee camp rather than an airport with people sleeping in the terminal gates waiting for...

It has been reported that Japan Airlines may terminate their deal with American [ AMR ] and fly with Delta Airlines. If JAL chooses Delta then American would end up losing code-sharing and feeder traffic from Japan Airlines. More important will be the loss of passengers and therefore revenue from...

Despite the fact that far fewer people are traveling, the nation's airlines are raking it in when it comes to collecting additional fees for checked baggage, re-booking flights, seat assignments, carrying pets and so on. Department of Transportation (DOT) figures show airlines collected $3.8...

Financially battered Japan Airlines announced Tuesday that they plan to trim their work force by 6,800 jobs, eliminate some routes and move as quickly as feasible to raise emergency funds from a foreign carrier. Both Delta Air Lines and American Airlines are in the running to acquire a stake in JAL...