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• Short Interest Rising in Tesoro; Shorts Covering Airline Positions

  Jessica Johnson submits: The refiner Tesoro TSO slid 6.9% to $17.28 Tuesday, as crude oil fell as much as$8 a barrel as hurricane Gustav faded - before recovering later in the day. Coal companies were particularly hard hit as well. Short interest has been building up in Tesoro for...

  External links 2008-09-04

  Tags: Energy, Transport, AMR Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., Tesoro Corp., UAL Corp.

• Why Airline Stocks Are So Often Bad Investments

  Saj Karsan submits: Warren Buffett is quoted as saying that the airline business in the US “has made no money.” Thanks to a forgettable investment Buffett had made in US Air LCC, he even went so far as to suggest a capitalist should have shot down the Wright brothers during...

  External links 2008-09-04

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

• Watching the Airline Stocks

  Trader Mark submits: The darlings of the market just a few weeks ago, the airline stocks are now down 25-40% in a matter of 2 weeks from their peaks. These make for excellent hedges if you think oil is headed to sub $100 but even with a $10 spike in...

  External links 2008-08-27

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

• About Pinnacle Airlines, and Concentrated Risk

  Jeff Annello submits: As a frequent reader, and now small-time contributor, to the Berkshire Hathaway group over at MSN, created and wonderfully maintained by Sanjeev Parsad, I was intrigued by a recent post regarding the dumping of Pinnacle Airlines PNCL by Mohnish Pabrai.  Before I begin, I want readers...

  External links 2008-08-16

  Tags: Transport, AmeriCredit Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., First Marblehead Corp., Pinnacle Airlines Corp., Sears Holdings Corp., Sherwin-Williams Co.

• The Airlines' Recent Death Defying Actions

  Robert Herbst submits: Not long ago, daily media stories were predicting which major airline would be the first in line to fail. Las Vegas type odds were given to a list of inevitable airline bankruptcies. There should be no argument the US airline industry is facing unprecedented challenges as they...

  External links 2008-08-07

  Tags: Transport, AMR Corp., Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., JetBlue Airways Corp., US Airways Group Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., UAL Corp.

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• Delta Air Lines to operate flights to Santiago and Santo Domingo weekly from December

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today (26 August) announced that it will suspend its current services from New York to Santiago and to Santo Domingo in mid-September and resume them as weekly services from 13 December. Both the routes will...

  Articles 2008-08-26

• Delta Air Lines appoints new management for EMEA cargo team and opens offices in Frankfurt and Paris

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has appointed four account managers and one operations manager to its Cargo team for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. The airline has also opened two new offices for its cargo operations, one located...

  Articles 2008-08-26

• Delta makes plans for Northwest flight attendants to wear Delta uniforms - report

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE: DAL) has reportedly said that, from spring 2009, flight attendants employed by Northwest Airlines Corp (NYSE: NWA) will be asked to wear Delta Air Lines uniforms. Delta announced in April that it planned to merge...

  Articles 2008-08-22

• Northwest attendants may wear Delta's duds

  ATLANTA AP -- Delta Air Lines Inc. wants its flight attendants' uniforms, designed by Richard Tyler, to be worn by Northwest Airlines Corp. flight attendants in spring 2009. Atlanta-based Delta is seeking to buy Northwest, based in Eagan, Minn., in a stock-swap deal that would create the...

  Articles 2008-08-22

• BellwetherReport.com Analyst Opinions on CRM, DKS, DAL and YGE

  BellwetherReport.com is the leading onlinefinancial newsletter for investors seeking top independent and unbiasedresearch. Investors seeking free and unbiased analyst opinions on thecompanies mentioned in this release are encouraged to sign up to www.bellwetherreport.com for a free subscription to access these reports.Today, we have once again scheduled interviews with a...

  Articles 2008-08-21

• Delta to fly Nashville to Cancun route from December

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) announced on 20 August that it will begin operating a weekly service between Nashville and Cancun on the Mexican Riviera Maya. The service will operate one outbound and one inbound flight each Saturday from 20...

  Articles 2008-08-21

• Frank Meditz to multinational sales role at Delta Air Lines

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) announced on 21 August that it has appointed Frank Meditz as manager of multinational sales for the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India EMEA region. The appointment, effective immediately, means that Meditz replaces Bob Hannah who...

  Articles 2008-08-21

• Codeshare expansion between Northwest and Delta approved

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Government approval for an expansion of the codeshare agreement between Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) was announced on 19 August by Northwest. The approval covers the expansion of the codeshare to all of Northwest's transpacific...

  Articles 2008-08-20

• Delta-Northwest merger looks likely soon

  WASHINGTON -- As summer winds down, Congress is lining up its autumn hearings. But airline mergers, the subject of four hearings this spring, are not among the hot-button issues scheduled for attention. With no more congressional reviews planned, conventional wisdom now holds that the proposed merger of...

  Articles 2008-08-20

• Mesa Air Group reports third quarter results

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Mesa Air Group Inc (Nasdaq: MESA) announced its third quarter results on 18 August, with operating revenues increasing by USD13.5m or 4.0% over the same quarter in 2007, to USD353.9m. The company reported third quarter net income of USD1.8m or...

  Articles 2008-08-19

• Boeing and Seal Dynamics sign agreement for parts supply contract

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Seal Dynamics have signed an agreement that will see the engineering and logistics services company providing deliveries, as needed, to Boeing's customers for spare parts. The service, part of Boeing's Integrated Materials Management IMM initiative, is...

  Articles 2008-08-18

• US airlines change baggage policies for military personnel

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Several airlines in the United States have announced that they will waive excess baggage fees for active military personnel travelling on orders. Among those making changes to their baggage fee policies for members of the US military are United Airlines...

  Articles 2008-08-18

• Delta and JetBlue announce changes to assist travellers potentially affected by tropical storm

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) and JetBlue Airways (NasdaqGS:JBLU) both announced on 17 August that customers on flights to or from the areas expected to be affected by Tropical Storm Fay will be able to make changes to their bookings without penalty...

  Articles 2008-08-18

• After merger, Delta may get U.S. aid to foil unions

  Delta Air Lines Inc. would find it easier to block union drives after its merger with Northwest Airlines Corp. under a U.S. labor agency's proposal, a flight attendants group said. The National Mediation Board plan would bar one organizing tactic, submitting signature cards in favor of representation,...

  Articles 2008-08-16

• S.L. airport is No. 1 for on-time flights

  Salt Lake City International Airport had the best on-time arrival and departure rates among the 32 biggest airports in the country so far this year. The U.S. Department of Transportation says overall, more than 80 percent of the flights were on time. Chicago's O'Hare...

  Articles 2008-08-07