Larry McMillan's subscribers doubled their money in call options on Ctrip.com (CTRP) and United Airline's parent UAL Corp. (UAUA).
Virgin America is the highest-quality major airline in the United States, according to the 2013 Airline Quality Rating report, an annual study of airline performance.
"If this is what they want to do, it's a nonstarter, " stated Paul Whiteford, chairman of the 8, 500-member United chapter of the Airline Pilots Association.
The rumors that the airline may seek bankruptcy protection have been making the rounds for a while now as the airline has a burdensome cost structure compared to peers like Delta Airline or United Continental.
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They think United has ruined the airline.
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Top line findings: overall Delta was the best airline, while United was the worst.
Also this September United became the first American airline to get the new plane from Boeing.
She's an air stewardess on United Airlines, the same airline her son Mark was on when he died.
Meanwhile, Ethiad is the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates and was established by Royal Decree in 2003.
Both had previously expressed interest in forging closer links with U.S. carriers, and Virgin tried to launch a branded airline in the United States.
The new combined organisation will retain the American Airlines name and offer more than 6, 700 daily flights to 336 destinations in 56 countries (to compare, United, the second largest airline, flies to 186 destinations in 69 countries).
In the end, I used a combination of the airline representatives from United and US Airways and my travel agent, I spent one extra day, with the night on the plane, and ate the rental car fee for one day.
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In 2007 and 2008, there were no commercial airline fatalities in the United States.
On July 16th flydubai, a low-cost airline based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), launched no-frills flights to Erbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdish region.
The European Commission said it was ready to hand over data about airline passengers with the United States after Washington offered "adequate" privacy safeguards.
The Airline Quality Rating report is the premier statistical study of major airline performance in the United States, and has been conducted annually since 1991.
"It's much easier for the FAA to go into a smaller airline and hit everything in one fatal swoop than into an airline like American or United, where there's just operations all over the world, " he said.
The airline industry in the United States is looking up, says Michael Linenberg of Deutsche Bank, who has initiated coverage with a favorable view, given that airline stocks typically outperform the market as they benefit disproportionately from an improving economy because of their significant operating leverage.
Might United's plight deal a severe blow to the world's largest airline alliance, the Star group, founded by United and Germany's Lufthansa, and since extended to about a dozen other carriers?
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ExpressJet, which bills itself as the world's largest regional airline, operates as a United Express partner from United's Newark hub.
United Continental, along with peers Delta Airline and American Airlines is set to report results of the third quarter.
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This would create the largest world airline as it would kick United Continental Holdings ( UAL) out of first place.
The directive, which had been sent to every airline and airport in the United States, ordered precautions after the failed terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253.
But South Korea said it will test airline passengers arriving from the United States, and Japan will convene a Cabinet meeting Monday to come up with measures to block the entry of the virus into the country.
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According to flight tracker Flightstats.com, 85% or more of its flights departed on time from the merged airline's five domestic United hubs by mid-afternoon Monday, and on-time arrivals topped the 90% mark at four of the five airports.
It will allow the United States to access personal information about EU airline passengers.
Greenwald saw plenty of labor scrapes in the auto business, but he says things were worse in the airline industry, and particularly at United.
The airline's parent firm, United Continental Holdings, said in a statement it supported the court's decision that Continental was not to blame.
Rumors that a white knight airline, Eithad Airways of the United Arab Emirates, was going to buy out the company have been unfounded.
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"It's no secret that this is a challenging time for the airline industry, especially in the United States, " said Noel Forgeard, Airbus president and chief executive officer.
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