Delta Air rose$. 44 or 2.4 percent, to $18.93. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 01 or. 2 percent, to $6.38. United Continental Holdings Inc. rose$. 01 or percent, to $34.37.
May 24- A plan by American Airlines' parent to exit bankruptcy and merge with US Airways Group is coming under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over nearly $20 million in severance pay earmarked for outgoing boss Tom Horton. In court papers filed on Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, U.S.
Delta Air rose$. 20 or 1.1 percent, to $18.69. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 06 or. 9 percent, to $6.43. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 19 or 1.3 percent, to $14.19.
Delta Air rose$. 12 or. 6 percent, to $18.61. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 15 or 1.0 percent, to $14.22. United Continental Holdings Inc. fell$. 15 or. 4 percent, to $34.21.
*Boeing offer lacked interim aircraft the airline needed- CEO. COLOMBO, May 24- Loss-making national carrier Sri Lankan Airlines has signed a provisional deal with Airbus worth $1.3 billion to buy six A330-300 and four A350-900 aircraft between 2014 and 2023 to replace ageing aircraft, the state-run firm's CEO told Reuters.
Delta Air rose$. 31 or 1.7 percent, to $18.49. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 11 or 1.8 percent, to $6.37. Southwest Airlines Co. rose$. 34 or 2.4 percent, to $14.37.
Delta Air rose$. 12 or. 7 percent, to $18.30. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 11 or 1.7 percent, to $6.37. Southwest Airlines Co. rose$. 27 or 1.9 percent, to $14.30.
Delta Air rose$. 04 or. 2 percent, to $18.22. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 06 or. 9 percent, to $6.32. United Continental Holdings Inc. rose$. 04 or. 1 percent, to $33.28.
*Delta eyes chances to ship jet fuel to Midwest markets. And it expect costs will fall further as Delta ramps up supplies of cheap crude to the refinery from the Bakken play in North Dakota.
BEIJING, May 23- China's civil aviation regulator on Thursday formally approved Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner for use in the country, clearing the way for Chinese airlines to start operating the aircraft, which has been plagued with problems.
BRUSSELS, May 23- Lufthansa, United Airlines, Continental and Air Canada won approval from EU antitrust regulators on Thursday for their transatlantic tie-up after agreeing to give up airport slots in Frankfurt and New York.
*Delta eyes chances to ship jet fuel to Midwest markets. And it expect costs will fall further as Delta ramps up supplies of cheap crude to the refinery from the Bakken play in North Dakota.
Delta Air rose$. 05 or. 3 percent, to $18.18. JetBlue Airways Corp. fell$. 11 or 1.7 percent, to $6.26. United Continental Holdings Inc. fell$. 11 or. 3 percent, to $33.24.
May 22- U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes roll on by and wait for the jets to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.
Delta Air rose$. 29 or 1.6 percent, to $18.42. JetBlue Airways Corp. rose$. 08 or 1.3 percent, to $6.45. Southwest Airlines Co. fell$. 10 or. 7 percent, to $14.21.
May 22- Delta Air Lines wants the U.S. Export-Import Bank to stop helping state-owned foreign airlines buy wide-body jets from Boeing Co, and would be willing to forgo such support for its own purchases of smaller jets if all such subsidies were eliminated, the chief executive said on Wednesday.