JetBlue Beats Expectations
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Shares jumped nearly 4 percent after the low-cost carrier reported its first third-quarter profit in two years on higher occupancy rates and capacity.
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Â· Boeing 787 becomes fastest selling airliner in historyÂ· Design enables cut in fuel consumption of 20%
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BAA, Britain&#39;s main airport operator, saw its first-half profits soar by 16% as demand surged among holidaymakers and business travellers for long-haul flights from Heathrow.
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CHICAGO -- Boeing Co. said Wednesday its 4th-quarter earnings more than doubled due largely to robust commercial airplane and defense system business. The results beat Wall Street forecasts and sent the stock up nearly 5 percent in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Boeing Co. BA.N on Wednesday topped  expectations with a 78 percent jump in quarterly profit on  strength in its defense operations, and raised its earnings  forecast for 2004.
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TOKYO The Boeing 7-E-7 Dreamliner got a huge boost today after Japan Airlines ordered 30 of the twinjets and took options on 20 others.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG , Germany's national flag-carrier, will buy a 19 percent stake in low-cost U.S. airline JetBlue Airways Corp  in a deal worth about $300 million, the two airlines said on Thursday.
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UAL Corp , parent of United Airlines, and low-cost rival JetBlue Airways Corp  both posted better-than-expected results on Tuesday as each flew fuller planes and collected higher fares.
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Propelled by another potent performance from its defense unit, Boeing announced third-quarter results yesterday that surpassed investors&#39; expectations as profits climbed 78 percent from a year ago.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Wednesday, as earnings by aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co.  beat forecasts and a robust report on economic growth reinforced optimism for the corporate profit outlook.
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ON BOARD FLIGHT SQ380 - The world's largest jetliner made aviation history yesterday, completing its first commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney with 455 passengers, some of them in luxury suites and double beds.
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Barbara Peterson's ''Blue Streak&quot; is an admiring account of JetBlue, a low-cost, stylish, and service-oriented airline that followed the lead of Southwest Airlines to buck the traditional hub-and-spoke system and notch idiosyncratic success.
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JUST days after its launch, Airbus&#39;s brand-new jet last night won its first customer. Spain&#39;s Air Europa said it is to order 10 of the new 245-seater A350-800 aircraft with two further options.
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Japan Airlines Corp., Asia&#39;s largest carrier by sales, had a sixfold jump in second-quarter profit as rising Japanese exports boosted airfreight demand and passenger numbers rebounded from last year&#39;s SARS-induced slump.
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Lufthansaâs investment in JetBlue, the struggling discount carrier, is the latest example of a foreign companyâs taking advantage of the weak dollar to invest in a prominent American company.
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Major airlines turn in a surprising industry performance.
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British Airways reported Friday a 22.4-percent increase in net profit over the first nine months of its financial year to 623 million pounds (1.2 billion dollars, 830 million euros).