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  • The Pilot Story You Won’t See on TV Tonight- by Robert Herbst
    Today, like most every day, just over 44,000 of the world's most experienced airline pilots employed by the 9 largest airlines in the United States will accept full responsibility for over 1.5 million lives sitting behind their locked cockpit doors. Over the next 24 hours, these unnoticed... More »
    October 30, 2009 • AMR, DAL, CAL
  • US Airway flying sky high by John Sky
    U.S. Airway Flying Sky High One of the most impressive sectors in the Last 20 days has been Industrial sector, and more impressive the sub-sector of Airlines. One stock in particular that sticks out is US Airways (NYSE : LCC)  which is up more than 70% in the last 20 days.  In the... More »
    September 22, 2009 • LCC, LUV, DAL
  • Will the Takeoff in Airlines Continue? by Moby Waller
    The Airline Sector has been on a roll recently.  Today in fact the AMEX Airline Index (XAL) gained about 1.8%, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) was down around 0.3%.  This group has long been disliked on a fundamental basis due to their low profit margins, poor balance sheets, and... More »
    September 17, 2009 • FAA, SPY, SPX
  • Southwest's Failed War of Attrition Strategy by Vaughn Cordle
    - Time for Southwest to Raise Fares & Ancillary Fees Airlines have yet to fully understand what higher bag [and other ancillary] fees will do to demand once fully developed.  One has to assume that extra fees will eventually cut into the fare revenue stream.Increasing the fees too... More »
    September 3, 2009 • LUV
  • Waterloo For Some American Industries by Graham and Dodd Investor
    At the battle of Waterloo, the last line of Wellington's stood between Napoleon Bonaparte and Victory. So at six in the evening, he threw in his Home Guard, a unit of picked troops that often served as his bodyguard.The Guard advanced, advanced, and stopped, and finally was thrown back in the... More »
    August 31, 2009 • LUV
  • Dividend Report for Friday Aug 28, 2009 by John Hanna
    Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) reported $0.46 per diluted share, compared with $0.64 per diluted share, in the prior year. analysts average 0.33. TIF beats by $0.13. Net sales in the second quarter declined 16% to $612.5 million.  Tiffany & Co., through its subsidiaries,... More »
    August 28, 2009 • TIF, AEO, CBSH
  • Southwest's missed opportunity: Frontier goes to Republic (part II) by Vaughn Cordle
    August 14, 2009 / Vaughn Cordle, CFA Republic will likely replace a significant number of Frontier's aircraft with new regional jets - E190s are the likely choice - to lower costs. For example, the maintenance costs on the E190s will be a fraction of those spent on Frontier's current Airbus... More »
    August 14, 2009 • LUV, RJET, UAUA
  • Southwest's missed opportunity: Frontier goes to Republic by Vaughn Cordle
    August 14, 2009 / Vaughn Cordle, CFA Southwest CEO Kelly washed his hands of the seniority issue by allowing the pilots union (SWAPA) to decide how the Frontier pilots (FAPA) are integrated.  Naturally, SWAPA decided to protect the junior pilots, which resulted in Republic winning the bid... More »
    August 14, 2009 • RJET, LUV
  • Ding! Southwest comes out swinging by Loren Steffy
    The bankruptcy court auction for Frontier Airlines began this week, and Southwest already upped the ante, raising its bid to $170 million on Monday.  As I pointed out in Sunday's column, winning will put Southwest in an unusual position when it seeks anti-trust approval from the Justice... More »
    August 13, 2009 • LUV, UAUA
  • Southwest plays defense with Frontier bid by Loren Steffy
    Southwest Airlines, which for 30 years led the charge to change the airline industry, is now playing defense. With its bid to buy the bankrupt Frontier, Southwest is fighting to preserve the status quo, rather than fighting to change it. The Frontier offer has a lot of people scratching their... More »
    August 5, 2009 • LUV, RJET

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