Delta Likely To Reduce Flights Hike Fares Because Of Rising Fuel Costs - Latest News

Alaska Air Group: Industry Leading Airline Performing Despite Tough Fuel Environment

Alaska Air Group is an industry leading airline ... reduce risk and save considerable amounts of money in a rising fuel price environment. In the second quarter, excluding merger-related costs ... read more

Airport chief hopeful rising fuel costs won't slow momentum

The airport’s second-largest airline is Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, with a 23.9 percent market share. Dallas-based Southwest is least likely to ... vulnerable to fuel-price spikes, Kaplan said, bec... read more

Lower fuel prices boost airline profits, but fares to hold steady

The nation's airlines are reporting soaring 2015 profits largely because ... $4 per flight. In contrast, some of the fare hikes adopted in 2014 were as high as $10 per flight. The good news, according ... read more

Rising fares push Delta past profit estimates

(Reuters) - Delta ... in fuel costs, pushing shares higher. Delta said it flew 3.2 percent more paying customers in the quarter and both average fares and adjusted total unit revenue - a closely-watch... read more

Higher fares help Delta quell oil hit

Delta posted 2.5 percent growth in U.S. average fares in the quarter and promised to cut less profitable flights in its fall schedule to further boost metrics. “Delta is delivering a product that is b... read more

Airline consolidation can't offset $100 oil

The question now is whether, after mega-mergers between Delta ... airline at hedging against rising fuel costs, is pouncing on other carriers' fragile state and bucking fare increases to gain market s... read more

Airfare explainer: Why ticket prices continue to rise as oil prices drop

Oil Prices are down but airlines keep trying to hike fares ... but there will likely be other attempts. Since this took place against a backdrop of falling oil prices - and jet fuel accounts for about ... read more

After years of record profits, airlines face turbulence in 2017. Could higher airfares follow?

An expected increase in fuel and labor costs is likely to be the ... But price hikes are not guaranteed because increasingly popular low-cost airlines are sure to make larger carriers think twice befo... read more

Airlines hike fares - again

And travelers should brace themselves for more hikes, because ... "If they raise fares too high, people stop buying and then they have to ratchet it back." Airlines need to charge more to cover rising ... read more

Can Airline Stocks Stage a Comeback in 2018? (Revised)

High Fares, Low Capacity Are Boon for Airline Stocks Recently, several airline companies announced plans to increase domestic fares and reduce capacity growth in order to counter rising fuel prices .. ... read more

Going For Profits Off The 'Crack Spread'

refinery from Phillips as a hedge against rising jet fuel costs. By Delta’s reckoning, the purchase could end up saving the company $300 million a year. To be sure, fuel is the single biggest expense ... read more

Haunted by 2008, airlines rush to pass on fuel costs

Airfares are rising ... overall for Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, US Airways and United Continental Holdings were less than expected. And further airfare increases are expected because airlines ... read more