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“The price of oil has challenged and changed all realities for the aviation industry. This is the greatest crisis in aviation’s history — bigger than the Gulf wars, Sept. 11, SARS and past oil shocks.” — Tim Clark, president of Emirates, a Dubai-based airline.
by Chris Mayer
Baltimore — (TFN): In [...]
“For some industries, such as airlines, finding a more fuel-efficient way to do business is a matter of survival. According to a recent Financial Times article, it’s ‘triggered a massive jump in the price of obscure and scarce metals that are used to improve the fuel economy of jet [...]
Tags: airlines, jet engines, metals, nuclear power, rail cars, solar power plants, steel, sulfuric acid, titanium, vanadium, wind farms
“The airline industry is long overdue for some serious consolidation. And it’s finally beginning to happen.” — Andrew Gordon
by Andrew Gordon
Baltimore – (TFN): We’ve predicted it a few months ago. The airline industry is a mess.
Things are so out of whack that one airliner, American Airlines, [...]
Tags: Airline Industry, airlines, american, AMR, cal, Continental, dal, Delta, northwest, nwa, ual, uaua, United
Baltimore — (TFN): American Airlines (AMR) may have been experiencing an existential crisis last week. Other airlines’ maintenance troubles are only starting. But even those airlines unaffected by the recent cancellations are in for trouble. The US recession is wreaking havoc on domestic and international carriers alike. Expect airline industry profits to turn into negative [...]
“If you want to continue making money, you have to think globally. And as always, if you want to make the kind of profits worth bragging about, you have to find the investments wrongly underrated by the Street. ” – Andrew Snyder
By Andrew Snyder
Baltimore (TFN) — American investors and economists have just one [...]