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.
“Daily Cash Burn” to Continue till Further Notice: US Air Travelers Still -65%, Ticket Prices -25%, a Toxic Mix. Delta Q3 Passenger Revenues -83% by Wolf Richter • Oct 14, 2020 • 107 Comments Eight months into crisis, airlines are stuck in worst recovery ever.
Facing Crappiest Recovery Ever, Airlines Demand New $25-Billion Bailout, for $50 Billion Total, after Having Burned $45 Billion on Share Buybacks by Wolf Richter • Sep 28, 2020 • 133 Comments Coddled investors, not taxpayers, should step up to the plate and fund the “daily cash burn.”
Grim Summer Turns to Long Cold Winter for European Airlines as Passenger Traffic Dives Again by Nick Corbishley • Sep 23, 2020 • 44 Comments A struggle for basic survival and for new money to burn.
Airlines, Trying to Dodge Bankruptcy with Air Travel Still Down 70%, Threaten Oct. Jobs Massacre Unless they Get 2nd Bailout by Wolf Richter • Aug 26, 2020 • 130 Comments “Unfortunately, we see few catalysts over the next six months to meaningfully change this trajectory”: Delta.
