Sentences with phrase «airline analysts said»

United Continental Holdings Inc. is likely to take at least a $ 265 million financial hit from Hurricane Harvey because of the carrier's reliance on Houston as one of its biggest hubs, an airline analyst said.

Not exact matches

Jim Corridore, airline analyst for CFRA Research, said the fees don't create a level playing field between U.S. carriers and their intentional counterparts.

«The primary concern for most business travelers regarding the theft of electronic devices isn't the value of the device itself, it's the value / sensitivity of the data stored on the device,» said Max Leitschuh, iJET International Airline Safety Analyst.

«These seats, in order to fit more of them in each plane, don't have the foam padding of yesteryear,» says airline analyst George Hobica, founder of AirfareWatchdog, a travel site.

Airline analyst Jacques Kavafian at Toll Cross Securities said that could turn some customers off, adding he doesn't believe Rouge will be the financial success the company hopes it will be.

Analysts at Morgan Stanley said the airline could be a logical acquisition target last year, due to its free cash flow, management and domestic focus.

«The execution [of the merger] has been sloppy, [and] there's been bad cost control,» says Wolfe Research airline analyst Hunter Keay.

«Mexico had [about] eight airlines that died in a five - or six - year period,» says Brendan Sobie, chief analyst for CAPA Center for Aviation Studies, an international think - tank.

Some analysts have predicted Mr Brown will increase excise duty on 4x4s and add an extra tax on flights, a move that will anger low cost airlines such as Ryanair, which says green taxes have «repeatedly failed to have any reduction effect on emissions».

Airline analyst Robert Kokonis of AirTrav Inc. says he expects Air Canada and WestJet Airlines should and will follow, although the fee will likely only apply to the lowest economy fares and those without frequent flyer status.

«The joint venture will also place WestJet in an improved position to compete in the transborder market against Air Canada who has a codeshare partnership with United Airlines,» said senior analyst Jamie Koutsoukis.

Analysts say the massive technological investment required for such a change makes it unlikely that other airlines will follow suit anytime soon, unless they already have something in the works.By Karen Elowitt for PeterGreenberg.com.Related links: USA Today, CNN, Chicago Tribune, AA.comRelated links on PeterGreenberg.com:

Analysts say that changes to airline reward programs could sour customers on airline credit cards, if they perceive that awards are now too hard to earn, on top of perceptions that frequent flier miles are already too difficult to redeem.

«Like the era of low fares that has passed us, the era of cheap awards has just about reached its end,» says Robert Mann, an airline - industry analyst with R.W. Mann & Co. in Port Washington, New York.

The impact that the economy has had on airlines is certainly a factor, and some analysts have said that it will take at least another two years for Wi - Fi to blanket the nation's passenger fleet.