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Delta Air Lines is letting a wave of orders for the newest planes on the market roll by, giving the jets time to prove themselves before buying, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.While other airlines have ordered more than 3,000 of the next generation narrow-body models, the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320neo, Delta says it is playing it safe."We'd rather get toward the end of a production line" and buy the jet after it has the kinks worked out and has been lengthened to hold more passengers, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson said in an interview at Reuters' New York headquarters.The economics of stretched planes, he said, "are always better than the original economics."Delta stands out its willingness to take a different tack than its rivals. On Friday, it will unveil a $1.2 billion overhaul and expansion of its passenger hub at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport that, along with new interiors on older jets, will make its offering more competitive in that key mar...
Brazil's Embraer SA , the world's biggest maker of regional jets, said an order for at least 30 new planes from United Airlines on Monday raised the odds of greater ...
Congress got rid of a headache on Friday when it rescued the flying public from flight delays caused by its budget cutting. But in the view of many U.S. lawmakers, t...
AMR Corp.'s (AAMRQ) American Airlines is leveraging the strength of its Latin American network with plans for a $3.25 billion financing secured by its routes and air...
US Airways Group Chairman and Chief Executive Doug Parker said he was hopeful government leaders would come to a solution that would halt the travel disruptions in w...
Delta Air Lines and US Airways Group , aided by revenue gains, posted higher-than-expected first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, and their shares rose despite cautions ...
Delta Air Lines and US Airways Group posted higher-than-expected first quarter earnings on Tuesday driven by revenue gains and their shares rose despite cautions by ...
US Airways on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $44 million, or 26 cents per share, down from a net profit of $48 million, or 28 cents per share, for the same...
US Airways Group Inc reported a lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as expenses went up. Net income came to $44 million, or 26 cents a share, compared with $48 million...
Next week brings a heavy calendar of quarterly results from some of the biggest tech and energy companies in the U.S. as earnings season heats up.Also, a first-quart...
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American Airlines Chief Executive Thomas Horton said on Thursday the company "has a high degree of confidence" that Tuesday's computer network outage that led the ca...
AMR Corp.'s (AAMRQ) first-quarter loss narrowed amid fewer reorganization-related charges, but excluding those expenses, merger-related charges and other items, the ...
U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes roll on by and wait for the jets to prove themselves before orderi...
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane's...
Two unions that represent ground workers at American Airlines and US Airways Group said on Tuesday they would combine to become the bargaining agent for nearly 30,00...
American Airlines is seeking bankruptcy-court approval for its plans to integrate its union workers with those of US Airways Group Inc. (LCC) upon the completion of ...
AMR Corp. (AAMRQ) on Thursday received a judge's approval of up to $3.25 billion in new financing secured by its Latin American assets, money the American Airlines p...
Delta Air Lines Inc plans to return $1 billion to shareholders over the next three years, starting with its first dividend in a decade and a $500 million share buyba...
US Airways Group on Friday said an important revenue measure fell in April, as it grappled with disruptions caused by furloughs of U.S. air traffic control staffers....
