Northwest Airlines reported a second quarter 2008 net loss of $377 million, or $1.43 per share. Reported results include a net non-cash impairment charge of $547 million and a $250 million gain associated with marking-to-market out-of-period fuel hedges. These results compare to the second quarter of 2007 when Northwest reported net income of $2.1 billion,
Lockheed Martin Corporation reported second quarter 2008 net earnings of $882 million, compared to $778 million in 2007. Net sales were $11.0 billion, a 4% increase over second quarter 2007 sales of $10.7 billion. Cash from operations for the second quarter of 2008 was $1.5 billion, compared to $1.4 billion in 2007.
JetBlue Airways Corporation reported that operating revenues for the quarter totaled $859 million, representing growth of 17.7% over operating revenues of $730 million in the second quarter of 2007. Operating income for the quarter was $21 million, resulting in a 2.4% operating margin, compared to operating income of $73 million and a 10.0% operating margin
UPS reported a 6.7% revenue increase in the second quarter but an 18.3% decline in diluted earnings per share to $0.85 compared to $1.04 the prior year. Increasing fuel costs and a stagnant U.S. economy caused the earnings decline in both the U.S. Domestic and International Package segments. In contrast, the Supply Chain and Freight
United Arab Emirates and Mubadala Development Company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, announced a framework agreement on a global partnership encompassing a broad range of initiatives including commercial finance, clean energy research and development, aviation, industry and corporate learning. Building on an already strong relationship and a common view of high growth opportunities in the
US Airways Group reported a net loss for its second quarter 2008 of $567 million compared to a net profit of $263 million for the same period last year. Excluding net special items of $466 million, the Company reported a net loss of $101 million, or $1.11 per share for its second quarter 2008. This
Driven by a $773 million increase in consolidated fuel expense, UAL Corporation reported a net loss of $2.7 billion or $151 million, excluding certain largely non-cash accounting charges. UAL announced further capacity cuts and the retirement of the entire B737 fleet as well as six B747s. In total, United will retire 100 aircraft and will
MTU Aero Engines Holding AG has once again improved its earnings in the half year up to the end of June 2008, reporting EBITDA1 of
Ryanair announced substantial capacity cutbacks at Stansted for its Winter Schedule (
Honeywell announced second quarter 2008 sales increased 13% to $9.7 billion from $8.5 billion last year. Earnings were up 23% to $0.96 per share, versus $0.78 per share last year. Cash flow from operations was $1,042 million versus $983 million in the second quarter of 2007 and free cash flow (cash flow from operations less
