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The Motley Fool September 15, 2005 John Reeves	Dueling Fools: JetBlue Bull Maybe the last carrier standing is the first one worth investing in. While JetBlue's stock does carry considerable risk, it also has great potential.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2005 Tim Beyers	Rethinking Legacy Airlines Delta cuts premium fares by as much as 50%. Can any of this lead to profits for investors?
The Motley Fool April 16, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The High Price of LUV Southwest Airlines continues its long string of profitable quarters.
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Why JetBlue Is a Recommendation JetBlue reports lower net income but maintains high margins. At 28 times 2004 earnings, the stock is priced to reflect continued rapid growth and excellent operating results.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 W.D. Crotty	JetBlue Seeing Red JetBlue posts its first operating loss since its IPO. The reality is that the airline business is a tough one, and it will get tougher still with discounter Virgin America ready to launch its service. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Rich Duprey	Why Are Airline Stocks Flying High? Just a few months ago, soaring oil prices supposedly sounded their death knell.
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The Motley Fool December 29, 2011 Brendan Byrnes	2011's Best and Worst Airline Stocks While the markets as a whole didn't change much overall for the past 52 weeks, most airlines had a year to forget.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Robert Eberhard	Another Chapter 11 Written in a Sad Industry The last major airline carrier files for bankruptcy protection after a bad decade for the industry.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Brendan Byrnes	American Airlines' Stock Crash Landing American Airlines parent AMR files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Chuck Saletta	You Can Still Make a Small Fortune The airline industry faces powerful customers and suppliers, barriers to exit, and woeful dynamics that encourage overexpansion. That makes investing in airlines a minefield -- unless you happen to be looking for a stock to short.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2004 Bill Mann	If Delta Craters, or When The trouble for Delta and the other carriers is that bankruptcy allows them to get second and third chances which is the same thing that keeps too much capacity, too many companies chasing too few dollars on the market.
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The Motley Fool April 14, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Delta's Wage War Of the carrier's many problems, its wage costs are most out of line.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 David Twibell	Winging It? While there's more airline turbulence ahead, contrarian investors --- truly intrepid bottom feeders with some fun money to wager --- have some options.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2005 W.D. Crotty	JetBlue's New Look JetBlue expands its service with new 100-seater planes. The airline, with debt to equity at a jaw-dropping 252%, has little wiggle room to attract customers with the new planes.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2009 Jordan DiPietro	Can Airlines Make a Comeback? Is it time to start investing in airlines again? The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the industry may be headed for a recovery.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades In a nutshell, what we have here is an airline with close to the worst operating profitability of any of its major rivals. And yet, it's being valued at a price-to-sales ratio that suggests it's top of the heap -- when it just isn't so.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Should You Buy This Airline? Merrill Lynch sees opportunity in Northwest Airlines. The company is cheap compared with its peers, but given the host of other structural concerns burdening the industry, it's not a gamble I'm willing to take.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2005 Tim Hanson	JetBlues Will the price of fuel drag down one of the few consistently profitable airlines? Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Delta Losing Altitude: Wow Delta's warning of impending doom sent the stock down 12%, but why was this is a surprise?
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Tim Beyers	Some Airlines Are Losing It Amid lost bags and poor service, some carriers may be poised to emerge. The days of ignoring U.S. carriers may be coming to an end for investors.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2011 Tamara Rutter	How Good Companies Use Bankruptcy to Their Benefit Can the courts save American Airlines?
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The Motley Fool December 30, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Please Work for Free! US Airways is asking employees to work pro bono to help with baggage problems. Investors in the "winners," like Southwest Airlines and Jet Blue are not faring well either.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2011 Robert Eberhard	An Airline Stock Rebounds Will AMR, American Eagle's parent company, continue rising, or will it succumb to bankruptcy?
The Motley Fool October 20, 2011 Robert Eberhard	An Airline Stock to Avoid AMR, parent of American Airlines and American Eagle, posted a quarterly loss for the fourth consecutive time.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Rick Steier	This Stock Has Soared for a Generation There are many reasons why Southwest stands out in the airline industry. At its core, it's all about the employees.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Tim Beyers	Frontier Airlines Seeks Refuge in Bankruptcy Court The airline plans to fight a credit card processor; no shutdown is planned.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Tim Beyers	Is US Airways Grounded? A second bankruptcy filing comes after a month of warnings and a failure to secure labor concessions.
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BusinessWeek September 26, 2005 James E. Ellis	The Law Of Gravity Doesn't Apply Inefficiency, overcapacity, huge debt... what keeps U.S. carriers up in the air?
The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Tim Beyers	Let's Nationalize the Airlines! For all of the blunders airlines have made the inescapable truth is that we travelers are paying less than we did six years ago. Yet per-barrel oil prices are up more than 300% over the same period. What can be done about this?
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The Motley Fool April 29, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away With $14.7 billion in debt and $11 billion in future pension payments, maybe it's time to dump Delta in favor of one of these other airline stocks: JetBlue... Southwest... AirMedia Group...
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The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 David Lee Smith	Delta Is Far From Ready The bankrupt airline is digging in against US Airways' buyout attempts. Investors, take note.
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