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		<title>(DAL) Airline Industry Outlook &#8211; Sept. 2010 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall Outlook is Positive The economic downturn and the oil price spike before it had negatively affected the airline industry over the past two years. Now, with the economy on the mend, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, demand for air travel is increasing from last year’s depressed levels. To combat the recessionary effects, the airlines cut costs, slashed capacity and increased load factor. This momentum also prompted the industry into the current ongoing consolidation phase. Currently, airlines are benefiting from the rebound in traffic Incorporatedluding an increase in business travel and premium service demand. While the industry has thus far been fairly disciplined in managing capacity, it is bound to creep up going forward. This would help to keep fares in check, besides making it easier for travelers to book ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUV) Southwest Airlines and AirTran Holdings Combine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines (LUV), the largest U.S. low-cost airline, has agreed to buy AirTran Holdings Inc. (AAI) for a combination of cash and Southwest shares. The agreement conforms with the consolidation trend in the airline industry. This pending merger would be the third in the last two years following the oil price hike in 2008 and economic downturn in 2009. The trend was initiated with the first merger between Delta Air Lines (DAL) and Northwest in 2008. The second is the ongoing acquisition of Continental Airlines (CAL) by United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corp. (UAUA), scheduled for completion on October 1, 2010. The acquisition of AirTran represents a unique opportunity for Southwest Airlines to expand its presence in key markets. Southwest will gain a valuable market presence in ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) UAL and Continental Airlines Shareholders Approve Merger</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/20/uaua-ual-and-continental-airlines-shareholders-approve-merger/52144</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pending merger of United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corp. (UAUA), and Continental Airlines (CAL) finally received approval from shareholders of both the companies. Announced on May 3, 2010, the merger won the antitrust approval from the U.S. government in August and received clearance from the European Commission in July. The merger is expected to close by October 1. Upon completion, the UAUA-CAL merger will create the world’s largest airline with enhanced capacity and improved services, overtaking Delta Airlines (DAL), which acquired Northwest Airlines last year. We believe the newly formed company will enjoy a favorable position in an increasingly competitive global and domestic aviation industry and will perform better than any airline standing alone. The integrated company will have fourteen domestic overlapping routes Incorporatedluding Houston-Washington; Cleveland-Denver; ]]></description>
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		<title>(RPM) U.S. Aviation Travel Traffic Rises in August</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August has been a busy month for airliners with traffic showing signs of increase. The economic downturn in 2009 and the oil price hike in 2008 had affected the airline industry during the past two years. Now, with the economic recovery, demand for air travel is increasing from last year&#8217;s depressed levels. Airline traffic is measured in billions of revenue passenger miles (RPM), which is the revenue generated for every mile a passenger flies. Unit revenue and capacity rose for most of the airlines in August. The low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) recorded a 6.4% rise in August traffic, the largest growth relative to its peers, on a capacity (or, available seat miles) increase of 3.7% year over year. The month&#8217;s RPM increased to 7.1 billion compared with 6.7 ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) United and Continental Airlines Merger Gets U.S. Approval</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/09/08/uaua-united-and-continental-airlines-merger-gets-u-s-approval/49820</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The pending merger of United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corp. (UAUA), and Continental Airlines (CAL) cleared its one of the major deterrents in its transaction, which was announced on May 3. United Airlines received the antitrust approval by the U.S. Department of Justice to acquire Continental Airlines. This will create the world’s largest airline with enhanced capacity and improved services, overtaking Delta Airlines (DAL). With this approval, the merged company will transfer some of the takeoff and landing rights at Newark airport hub to its rival Southwest Airlines (LUV). The agreement provides Southwest an opportunity to expand its small presence in the New York region and compete against its peer American Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMR Corp. (AMR) and US Airways (LCC). The deal with ]]></description>
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		<title>(GOL) The Airline Sector is Flying High as Latin American Airlines Merge</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/22/gol-the-airline-sector-is-flying-high-as-latin-american-airlines-merge/48601</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Tony D’Altorio, Investment U Research Thursday, August 19, 2010 Down in areas of Latin America, the normally turbulent airline sector is flying high. Thanks to a booming local booming economy, Brazil’s two largest airlines – GOL Linhas Aereas ADR (NYSE: GOL) and TAM ADR (NYSE: TAM) – are doing quite well for themselves these days. Brazil will expand by 6.5% this year, and should grow by 4.5% in 2011. But more importantly, its middle class increased notably in 2009 to 53% of its 200 million citizens. Those kinds of numbers easily explain how TAM grew revenue-passenger-kilometers three times faster than even its host country’s fast-growing GDP over the last decade. A hop, a skip and a flight away, Chile’s LAN Airlines ADR (NYSE: LFL) has done well itself. Its ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUV) Airline Traffic Rises in June</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/07/08/luv-airline-traffic-rises-in-june/42876</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airlines companies have reported their June 2010 traffic results. Airlines traffic, measured in billions of revenue passenger miles Incorporatedreased from an improvement in the global economy, improved business travel, international traffic and rising fares. Airlines are increasing their capacity in order to restore profitability and posted higher unit revenue growth for the month of June. The stocks have risen on account of improved June traffic. The low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines Co. (LUV) recorded June traffic of 5%, the largest increase relative to its peers, on a capacity (or, available seat miles) increase of 1.9% year over year. Load factor (percentage of seats filled with passengers) was 81.9%, up 240 basis points (bps) year over year. The company saw a 24% increase in unit revenue, measured by passenger revenue per available ]]></description>
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		<title>(DAL) Airline Unit Revenue Looks Set To Take Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 02:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recovery in the global economy is expected to benefit the airline industry with unit revenues slated to rise in the second quarter of 2010. Rising fares, an improvement in international traffic and an overall recovery is expected to drive this growth. Last year&#8217;s economic downturn and the preceding year&#8217;s steep oil prices had adversely affected the airline industry. We believe that this news will have a positive impact on share price movements of airline companies in the near future. Despite concerns about the recent rise in fuel prices, recovery in business travel and cargo has accelerated along with gains in international and domestic passenger revenue. Moreover, airline capacity is also expected to improve in 2010. Among all the major U.S. airlines, second-quarter 2010 unit revenue of Delta Air Lines (DAL), the ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) U.S. Airline Industry Outlook &#8211; June 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/09/uaua-u-s-airline-industry-outlook-june-2010/39739</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Airlines Emerging from Recession With the global economy continuing to improve, there is steady improvement in demand for air travel as well as cargo since the beginning of 2010, after being badly affected by the economic downturn. Business travel, which is directly affected by the economic environment, plunged to an all-time low in 2009 as many corporations slashed travel budgets. Leisure travel as well as cargo also showed a remarkable decline. With improving economic sentiment, business travel and demand for air cargo are gradually catching up. However, leisure demand is still low and is expected to take a greater time to reverse, since spending in this area is highly discretionary. We may not see a noticeable improvement in that segment until clear evidence of labor-market improvements take hold. To ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUV) Southwest Airlines Analyst Maintains Neutral Rating</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/03/luv-southwest-airlines-analyst-maintains-neutral-rating/38977</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are maintaining a Neutral recommendation on the shares of Southwest Airlines (LUV). We believe the company’s strong balance sheet, low costs, several revenue initiatives, network optimization and hedging strategy make for a compelling investment opportunity. However, heavy discounts, concerns on labor costs, fuel price volatility and technology investment by the company, keep us on the sidelines. Despite high energy prices and weak demand during the first quarter 2010, the company has made a strong start to the year by posting a net income of $0.03 per share in the first quarter 2010 versus a loss of $0.03 in the year-ago quarter. Southwest Airlines made a record in the first quarter’s load factor, passenger yield and passenger revenues driven by the overall demand for low fares and high quality customer ]]></description>
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		<title>(DAL) Delta Air Lines Pays Penalty to U.S. Department of Transportation</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/03/dal-delta-air-lines-pays-penalty-to-u-s-department-of-transportation/39159</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), the world’s largest airline, has to pay penalties of $40,000 to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for violating the consumer protection rules.  DOT stated that the airlines have to disclose the full price to the consumers that they have to pay for their air travel. Delta Air Lines has to pay fine as the company fails to provide adequate notice of extra taxes and fees, not included in the base fares, on the advertisement, given on its website. DOT stated that the airlines can list government-imposed taxes and fees separately from the airfare, and they have to prominently show that taxes and fees are extra with a link telling the consumer about those extra taxes and fees amount. Delta Air Lines does not have ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) UAL Corporation-Continental Airlines Merger Sparks Layoff Fears</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/28/uaua-ual-corporation-continental-airlines-merger-sparks-layoff-fears/38858</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 22:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposed merger of U.S. air carriers United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corp. (UAUA), and Continental Airlines (CAL) triggers concerns of retrenchment, especially in Houston, where Continental is based, and Cleveland, where Continental operates a hub. Since the airline industry is highly unionized, this can pose a problem while integrating the workforce. The airlines stated that there would be some job losses while integrating the operations of the two companies, but have no plans for large cuts to the combined workforce of approximately 90,000 employees. The deal is awaiting approval from shareholders and an anti-trust review by the Department of Justice. The chief executive of United Airlines is confident that any U.S. regulatory concerns about the carrier&#8217;s proposed merger with Continental Airlines will be satisfactorily addressed. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(NMB) Air Transport Association Opposes New Rule</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/19/nmb-air-transport-association-opposes-new-rule/37643</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Air Transport Association (ATA) filed a lawsuit against the National Mediation Board (NMB) to stop the Obama administration from putting in effect the new rules for unions, which makes the organization easier to assemble workers at airlines and railroads. NMB coordinates labor relations with airlines and rail companies under the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Airlines and railroads employ more than 500,000 workers, and about two-thirds of those are already in unions, which is much higher than the overall union membership rate of 12%. Under the new rule, union organization would be decided on the number of votes cast. The previous 76-year-old rule required a majority of an entire work group to approve unionization, effectively counting those who do not vote as “no&#8221; votes. Thus, ATA considers the new rule ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) UAL and Continental Announce Merger Take Off</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/03/uaua-ual-and-continental-announce-merger-take-off/35907</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. air carriers United Airlines &#8212; a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corp. (UAUA) &#8212; and Continental Airlines (CAL) declared a merger of their operations. This merger would give birth to the world’s largest airline by size, pushing Delta Airlines (DAL) back. The deal, which was announced today, will still have to gain approval from shareholders and clear an anti-trust review by the Department of Justice. The airlines resumed merger talks last month after negotiations collapsed in 2008. Deal Facts The merger is reported to cost a whopping $3.2 billion (based on the current stock price) to United, which would involve compensating each Continental shareholder with 1.05 shares of the former company. This exchange will leave United owning 53% of the newly formed company, which will be christened as United ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUV) US Airways &amp; United Airlines Talking Airline Consolidation</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/18/luv-us-airways-united-airlines-talking-airline-consolidation/34122</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the airline sector, consolidation is in the air. And with good reason too. Last year, the industry lost $9.4 billion. This year, the International Air Transport Association expects it to lose another $2.8 billion. On the positive side, that makes buying up rivals very cheap. That’s a good thing, considering that no-frills companies like Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) are adding customers, thanks to the recession. The higher-end competition needs to make a profit somehow. Airlines on both sides of the Atlantic leapt at the chance to conduct mergers. Over in Europe, British Airways ADR (OTC: BAIRY) and Iberia announced potential plans last November. And they just recently reached an agreement on the tie-up, which will create the third-largest airline in Europe. Meanwhile UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA) – a.k.a United ]]></description>
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		<title>(TAM) TAM S.A. Allies with Continental Airlines</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/09/tam-tam-s-a-allies-with-continental-airlines/33344</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 21:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TAM S.A. (TAM) has recently signed a reciprocal frequent flyer program agreement with Continental Airlines (CAL), member of Star Alliance. Based on the agreement, the members of the TAM Fidelidade program will have the right to earn and redeem miles on flights operated by Continental Airlines and vice-versa. In order to become one of the members of Star Alliance, Tam continuously kept giving effort to get associated with other members by expanding its international operations. During 2009, the company entered into a codeshare and integration agreement with British Airline BMI and Swiss Airline and a regional agreement with Uruguay Airline Pluna. Tam partnered with Air Canada and Austrian for loyalty programs and later in the year formed a codeshare agreement with Air China. All the above airlines were members of ]]></description>
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		<title>(LCC) US Airways Group Reports Traffic Declines</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/07/lcc-us-airways-group-reports-traffic-declines/32973</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Airways Group Inc (LCC) announced on Monday that its March traffic measured by revenue passenger miles (RPM) declined 0.1% compared to prior-year levels. This was led by a 0.1% decline in mainline revenue passenger miles and 1.1% decline in the Express segment. The airline flew 5.08 billion miles in the reported month, down from 5.09 billion miles in the prior-year period. Passenger load factor decreased 130 basis points to 82.6%. Capacity declined 1.8% from the prior year period to 6.2 billion available seat miles (ASM). US Airways reported an increase of 18% in consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile (PRASM). PRASM is used to measure unit revenue. During the month of March, US Airways made a number of announcements. It stated an agreement with Delta Air Lines (DAL) ]]></description>
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		<title>(CAL) Continental Airlines &#8211; Earnings Estimates Continue to Soar</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/cal-continental-airlines-earnings-estimates-continue-to-soar/31724</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continental Airlines (CAL) estimates are rising at a break-neck pace and shares just set a new multi-year high. Company Description Continental Airlines is one of the world&#8217;s largest airlines with more than 2,500 flights across North America, Europe and Asia on a daily basis. The Houston-based company has a market cap of more than $3 billion and is a Zacks #1 Rank stock. Turning a Profit Continental Airlines reported fourth-quarter results back in January and saw net income of $4 million, or 3 cents per share. This was well ahead of the expected 10 cent loss. While overall revenue was down about 8%, the company is generating more revenue per mile. Transition Completed Continental Airlines just completed its transition to join Star Alliance during the last quarter. Management describes it ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) United Airlines&#8217; UAL Corporation Applies for Antitrust Immunity</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/29/uaua-united-airlines-ual-corporation-applies-for-antitrust-immunity/23813</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corporation (UAUA), announced last week that it would soon file an antitrust immunity application for a trans-Pacific joint venture with All Nippon Airways Co. and Continental Airlines Inc. (CAL). The joint venture would strengthen United Airline&#8217;s Pacific network and increase seats and cargo capacity. The antitrust approval, which could take six months from the Department of Transportation (DoT), would enable the three airlines to engage in deeper and more effective cooperation producing greater benefits for the carriers and their customers. The joint venture allows airlines to share cost and revenue on certain flights regardless of which airline owns or flies the aircraft. It would also allow airlines to more greatly merge their operations to a point when they would almost be acting as a ]]></description>
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		<title>(DAL) Delta Airlines Reports Lower Traffic</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/10/dal-delta-airlines-reports-lower-traffic/22503</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Delta Air Lines (DAL) announced that its mainline traffic decreased 6.1% compared to the same period a year ago. System traffic in November 2009, decreased 7.1% compared to Nov 2008 on an 8.4% decrease in capacity. Load factor or occupancy increased 110 basis points to 79.6%. Number of passengers flown during the month of November declined 5.3% year-over-year to 12.2 million. Though the company reported selling more corporate tickets in November, it had to lower prices to achieve these figures, bringing the revenue from corporate tickets 10% down from the year ago period. Delta expects unit revenue to be down 7% in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with a previous forecast of an 8% decline. It also expects a total of $5.1 billion of unrestricted liquidity at ]]></description>
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		<title>(CAL) Continental Airlines Issues Convertible Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/08/cal-continental-airlines-issues-convrtible-notes/22233</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continental Airlines (CAL) announced that it will be selling $200 million of convertible notes due 2015. Interest on the notes will be payable on Jan 15 and Jul 15 of each year, beginning on Jul 15, 2010. The notes will be unsubordinated, unsecured obligations of Continental Airlines and will rank at par with all other unsubordinated, unsecured debt. The underwriters to the issue have been granted an option to purchase up to an additional $30 million of principal amount of notes. The notes will not be listed on any securities exchange. The net proceeds from the offering of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes, which include the repayment of existing debt, funding of a portion of pension liabilities, and meeting working capital requirements. Morgan Stanley &#38; Co. ]]></description>
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		<title>(NKE) As The Bulls Run Wild &#8211; Here Are Three Ways to Protect Your Profits</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/04/nke-as-the-bulls-run-wild-here-are-three-ways-to-protect-your-profits/21995</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marc Lichtenfeld, Healthcare Expert Friday, December 4, 2009: Issue #1151 Like a dog getting out of the ocean, the market’s current reaction to bad news is to simply shake it off and run onto the next thing. Dubai can’t pay its bills? No worries – the market immediately recoups its one-day losses. Government spending set to increase even further to pay for healthcare reform and more troops in Afghanistan? The Dow tacks on another few hundred points. Tiger Woods’ wife goes upside his head with a 5-iron? Tiger is the biggest celebrity endorser of Nike (NYSE: NKE), yet the company’s shares remain unaffected. Even weak companies have shuffled up to the trough and are getting fat… Take financial firm Zions Bancorp (Nasdaq: ZION), for example, which has more than ]]></description>
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		<title>(UAUA) UAL Corporation&#8217;s United Airlines&#8217; September Traffic Down</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/09/uaua-ual-corporations-united-airlines-september-traffic-down/17267</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of UAL Corp. (UAUA) announced preliminary mainline traffic results for September. The company reported mainline passenger load factor of 81.2%. Total scheduled mainline revenue passenger miles (RPMs) decreased 1.1% on a capacity decrease of 3.7% in scheduled mainline available seat miles (ASMs) compared with the same period in 2008. The airline has been threatened by volatile oil prices Incorporatedreased competition Incorporatedreasing maintenance expenses and a disgruntled workforce. During the second quarter, the company initiated a fleet modernization review to replace its older fleet types. This process could present a unique opportunity for the company to improve its cost structure and fleet strategy. United Airlines is taking appropriate actions to respond to the current economic environment as indicated by its significant capacity reductions. However, ]]></description>
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		<title>(LUV) Southwest Airlines&#8217; September Traffic Spikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Southwest Airlines (LUV) announced its preliminary mainline traffic results for September. The company reported an 8.8% surge in traffic to 5.8 billion revenue passenger miles from 5.3 billion revenue passenger miles a year ago. Load factor, or the percentage of available seats filled with passengers, in September rose to 74.7% from 63.4% in the prior-year period. Available seat miles, or capacity, fell 7.8% to 7.7 billion from 8.4 billion in the year-ago period. The airline plans to reduce 2009 available seat miles in the 5–6% range versus last year. Year-to-date revenue passenger miles rose 0.1% to 56.3 billion, while available seat miles fell 4.3% to 74.5 billion and load factor rose 330 basis points to 75.6%. September’s traffic gain was the third consecutive increase for Southwest, putting traffic up ]]></description>
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