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Air France
Relatively Resilient Revenues: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 23
Delta kicked off earnings season with—yawn—another record-breaking fourth quarter highlighted by a pre-tax profit that starts with a “b” (and ends with an “illion.”) The success is coming from a…January 20th, 2016
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American
American Air CEO Interview: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 19
Shouldn’t Doug Parker be dancing in the end zone? He is, after all, the CEO of a mega-airline with mega-profits at a time of economic strength and falling fuel prices.…December 9th, 2015
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Alaska Airlines
Great American: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 13
Well that didn’t last long. American Airlines, the biggest carrier in the world, set a new quarterly profit record, with a $1.9b net profit in the third quarter. Of course,…October 27th, 2015
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American
Lufthansa’s Competition Grows: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 11
Lufthansa is facing competition from Ryanair, Wizz Air, easyJet, Air Berlin, Vueling, Turkish Airlines, Emirates and probably your brother. Competition is not a new thing, but the severity is growing.…October 14th, 2015
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American
Checkmate for United? Not Quite: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 7
Can United Airlines’ new CEO overcome the carrier’s inherent challenges? United is big, powerful and, at the moment, very profitable. But it’s also underperforming Delta and American. When United and…September 16th, 2015
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Air France
Postcards from the Hedge: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 2
American Airlines doesn’t hedge its jet fuel, and now it’s enjoying the fruits of that somewhat contrarian strategy. Is AA onto something here? Is fuel hedging a smart play? Will…July 29th, 2015