Congress to Pass $17 Billion Bailout of Airline Shareholders & Bondholders, to Top Off Prior Bailout. Industry Applauds, Airline Stocks Jump by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2020 • 161 Comments Top 4 airlines burned $45 billion on share buybacks since 2012. If airlines run out of money, Chapter 11 bankruptcy works. Airlines proved it.
US Air Passenger Traffic Skids Again, Delta & American Warn of Declining Bookings by Wolf Richter • Dec 6, 2020 • 138 Comments L-Shaped Recovery for Air Lines. Staking their future on a vaccine.
Here Comes the Trucking Boom in the Weirdest Economy Ever by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2020 • 84 Comments Never a dull moment in the land of consumer stimulus and heavy trucks.
All Container Heck Breaks Loose amid Flood of Orders from US Retailers to Supply Stimulus-Stuffed Consumers, Cancelled Sailings by Carriers, and Record Spiking Freight Rates by Wolf Richter • Nov 16, 2020 • 151 Comments While US Farmers Struggle to Find Empty Containers for Exports.
Southwest and Delta Douse Hopes for Recovery in Q4. TSA Checkpoint Screenings Already Agree by Wolf Richter • Nov 12, 2020 • 97 Comments The curious effect of the election and now possibly the surge in virus infections.
Interjet Runs Out of Runway. Six Other Latin-American Carriers Already Liquidated or in Bankruptcy by Nick Corbishley • Nov 5, 2020 • 30 Comments They didn’t get bailed out by taxpayers. But in a radical experiment these days, investors got to eat the losses, as they should.
Unlocked Shareholder Value, so to Speak: Job Cuts at Boeing to Reach 30,000. Commercial Airplane Revenue -56%. $5 Billion Go Up in Flames in Q3, $22 Billion since 737 Max Fiasco. by Wolf Richter • Oct 28, 2020 • 119 Comments $43 billion incinerated on Share Buybacks since 2012 to manipulate up the share price would come in handy now. Shares -60% since June 2019.
Trucking, Container Carriers, FedEx, UPS, Other Freight Firms Warn of “Capacity Shortage,” Expect Americans to Keep Splurging Despite Jobs Crisis by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2020 • 134 Comments Better produce a big-fat stimulus bill pronto and keep eviction bans and forbearance going, or else these companies will face economic reality.
Worst Recovery Ever: To Soothe Investor Pain, Government Agency TSA Hypes Airline Stocks in Chilling PR Stunt by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2020 • 147 Comments What the TSA said in its PR stunt and what it forgot to say.
Airlines Raised $$$-Billions via Frequent Flier Programs. Delta alone Raised $9 billion via SkyMiles as Collateral. How? by Wolf Richter • Oct 15, 2020 • 81 Comments “You’re the Collateral.” Separating the assets (including you) from the liabilities (your miles), and pledging the assets.
