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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: American Airlines, Honeywell, RTX, Ford and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. American Airlines — Shares dropped 6% after the carrier issued weak profit guidance for the third quarter. American Airlines estimates unit revenue will drop as much as 4.5% as the broader industry struggles with oversupply that has led to low fares. Honeywell — Shares were down […]
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Southwest profit falls 46% as airline takes ‘urgent’ steps to increase revenue
Southwest Airlines airplanes are serviced at their gates at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 18, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines on Thursday forecast a potential drop in unit revenue for the third quarter as an oversupplied U.S. market has forced airlines to discount tickets […]
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American shares drop 7% on weak profit forecast after backfired sales plan, industry oversupply
An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft approaches San Diego International Airport for a landing from Phoenix on June 28, 2024 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images American Airlines shares shed more than 7% in premarket trading Thursday after the carrier slashed its profit forecast for the year after a backfired […]
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Southwest to get rid of open seating, offer extra legroom in biggest shift in its history
A Southwest commercial airliner takes off from Las Vegas on Feb. 8, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters Southwest Airlines is ending open seating and will offer extra legroom seats on its airplanes as mounting pressure on the carrier to increase revenue prompts the biggest changes to its business model in its 53 years of flying. […]
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Delta flight cancellations from IT outage persist through the weekend, CEO apologizes
Travelers wait in line at a Delta Airlines counter at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 19, 2024. Airlines around the world experienced disruption on an unprecedented scale after a widespread global computer outage grounded planes and created chaos at airports. Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian […]
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Activist Elliott reportedly has a significant stake in Starbucks, in talks with management
A Starbucks coffee shop in Amsterdam. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elliott Management has taken a significant stake in coffee chain Starbucks and is engaging with management to find ways to improve the company’s share price, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Representatives for Elliott declined to […]
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Can Boeing get back to its glory days?
An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Los Angeles approaches for landing at Reagan National Airport shortly after an announcement was made by the FAA that the planes were being grounded by the United States in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2019. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Boeing executives spent years after two fatal 737 Max […]
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United Airlines profit jumps 23%, but third-quarter forecast disappoints amid industry overcapacity
United Airlines planes at Denver International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines‘ second-quarter profit rose more than 20% from last year as strong demand for international travel boosted the carrier’s results, but its third-quarter forecast came in shy of estimates as an oversupply of flights weighs on fares. United said Wednesday that it expects […]
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