Standard & Poor's upgraded Continental shares to "Strong Buy" from "Buy," citing the improving revenue trends. Analyst Jim Corridore said Continental will benefit this year from stronger travel demand, including business and first class travelers. UBS analyst Kevin Crissey said improving demand for corporate travel was bringing in more money. He said the numbers would look even better in March, when results will be compared to the extremely weak months of early 2009 
Share:  Standard & Poor's upgraded <span class="company">Continental</span> shares to "Strong Buy" from "Buy," citing the improving revenue trends.<span class="sent"> Analyst Jim Corridore said <span class="company">Continental</span> will benefit this year from stronger travel demand, including business and first class travelers. UBS analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> said improving demand for corporate travel was bringing in more money.</span> He said the numbers would look even better in March, when results will be compared to the extremely weak months of early 2009....Standard & Poor's upgraded <span class="company">Continental</span> shares to "Strong Buy" from "Buy," citing the improving revenue trends.<span class="sent"> Analyst Jim Corridore said <span class="company">Continental</span> will benefit this year from stronger travel demand, including business and first class travelers. UBS analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> said improving demand for corporate travel was bringing in more money.</span> He said the numbers would look even better in March, when results will be compared to the extremely weak months of early 2009. Tweet this 

Not counting the impact of currency fluctuations, nights booked on its European Web site rose 70 percent from a year earlier, he wrote He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying Priceline has sustainable business model advantages in Europe and a defensive hedge in the US with the name your own price approach He also wrote that Priceline is taking market share from competitors Elsewhere, UBS analyst Kevin Crissey maintained his "Neutral" rating and raised his share price target to $235 from $215 
Share:  Not counting the impact of currency fluctuations, nights booked on its European Web site rose 70 percent from a year earlier, he wrote He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying <span class="company">Priceline</span> has sustainable business model advantages in Europe and a defensive hedge in the US with the name your own price approach He also wrote that <span class="company">Priceline</span> is taking market share from competitors<span class="sent"> Elsewhere, UBS analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> maintained his "Neutral" rating and raised his share price target to $235 from $215</span>...Not counting the impact of currency fluctuations, nights booked on its European Web site rose 70 percent from a year earlier, he wrote He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying <span class="company">Priceline</span> has sustainable business model advantages in Europe and a defensive hedge in the US with the name your own price approach He also wrote that <span class="company">Priceline</span> is taking market share from competitors<span class="sent"> Elsewhere, UBS analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> maintained his "Neutral" rating and raised his share price target to $235 from $215</span> Tweet this 

Not counting the impact of currency fluctuations, nights booked on its European Web site rose 70 percent from a year earlier, he wrote He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying Priceline has sustainable business model advantages in Europe and a defensive hedge in the US with the name your own price approach He also wrote that Priceline is taking market share from competitors Elsewhere, UBS analyst Kevin Crissey maintained his "Neutral" rating and raised his share price target to $235 from $215 Report As (required): Please select Off topic Offensive/Threatening language Advertising/Spam Copyright/Plagiarism Other 
Share:  Not counting the impact of currency fluctuations, nights booked on its European Web site rose 70 percent from a year earlier, he wrote He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying <span class="company">Priceline</span> has sustainable business model advantages in Europe and a defensive hedge in the US with the name your own price approach He also wrote that <span class="company">Priceline</span> is taking market share from competitors<span class="sent"> Elsewhere, UBS analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> maintained his "Neutral" rating and raised his share price target to $235 from $215</span> Report As (required): Please select Off topic Offensive/Threatening language Advertising/Spam Copyright/Plagiarism Other...Not counting the impact of currency fluctuations, nights booked on its European Web site rose 70 percent from a year earlier, he wrote He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying <span class="company">Priceline</span> has sustainable business model advantages in Europe and a defensive hedge in the US with the name your own price approach He also wrote that <span class="company">Priceline</span> is taking market share from competitors<span class="sent"> Elsewhere, UBS analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> maintained his "Neutral" rating and raised his share price target to $235 from $215</span> Report As (required): Please select Off topic Offensive/Threatening language Advertising/Spam Copyright/Plagiarism Other...He left his "Buy" rating in place, saying <span cl Tweet this 

United has said it plans to start disclosing unit revenue on a monthly basis this year, becoming the largest US airline to do so regularly The carrier's January results "clearly caught us by surprise," wrote JPMorgan's Baker, who rates Chicago based UAL as "overweight" "We were very pleasantly surprised," Kevin Crissey, a UBS Securities LLC analyst in New York, wrote in a note to clients He called the revenue figure a "blowout" number that exceeded his estimate for January by as much as six percentage points 
Share:  United has said it plans to start disclosing unit revenue on a monthly basis this year, becoming the largest US airline to do so regularly The carrier's January results "clearly caught us by surprise," wrote JPMorgan's Baker, who rates Chicago based <span class="company">UAL</span> as "overweight"<span class="sent"> "We were very pleasantly surprised," <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span>, a UBS Securities LLC analyst in New York, wrote in a note to clients</span> He called the revenue figure a "blowout" number that exceeded his estimate for January by as much as six percentage points...United has said it plans to start disclosing unit revenue on a monthly basis this year, becoming the largest US airline to do so regularly The carrier's January results "clearly caught us by surprise," wrote JPMorgan's Baker, who rates Chicago based <span class="company">UAL</span> as "overweight"<span class="sent"> "We were very pleasantly surprised," <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span>, a UBS Securities LLC analyst in New York, wrote in a note to clients</span> He called the revenue figure a "blowout" number that exceeded his estimate for January by as much as six percentage points Tweet this 

"We suspect that other airlines have also guided conservatively," Kevin Crissey, a New York based analyst for UBS Securities, said in a note today Crissey and Greene both advise buying Continental shares 
Share:  <span class="sent">"We suspect that other airlines have also guided conservatively," <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span>, a New York based analyst for UBS Securities, said in a note today</span> Crissey and Greene both advise buying <span class="company">Continental</span> shares...<span class="sent">"We suspect that other airlines have also guided conservatively," <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span>, a New York based analyst for UBS Securities, said in a note today</span> Crissey and Greene both advise buying <span class="company">Continental</span> shares Tweet this 

Yesterday's report was the first by any of the major US airlines on January traffic Investors and analysts watch the Continental data because most carriers don't provide monthly unit revenue figures "We suspect that other airlines have also guided conservatively," Kevin Crissey , a New York based analyst for UBS Securities, said in a note today Crissey and Greene both advise buying Continental shares Traffic in miles flown by paying passengers on Continental's mainline jets rose 86 percent, the fifth consecutive improvement as lower fares attracted leisure travelers 
Share:  Yesterday's report was the first by any of the major US airlines on January traffic Investors and analysts watch the <span class="company">Continental</span> data because most carriers don't provide monthly unit revenue figures<span class="sent"> "We suspect that other airlines have also guided conservatively," <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> , a New York based analyst for UBS Securities, said in a note today</span> Crissey and Greene both advise buying <span class="company">Continental</span> shares Traffic in miles flown by paying passengers on <span class="company">Continental</span>'s mainline jets rose 86 percent, the fifth consecutive improvement as lower fares attracted leisure travelers...Yesterday's report was the first by any of the major US airlines on January traffic Investors and analysts watch the <span class="company">Continental</span> data because most carriers don't provide monthly unit revenue figures<span class="sent"> "We suspect that other airlines have also guided conservatively," <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> , a New York based analyst for UBS Securities, said in a note today</span> Crissey and Greene both advise buying <span class="company">Continental</span> shares Traffic in miles flown by paying passengers on <span class="company">Continental</span>'s mainline jets rose 86 percent, the fifth consecutive improvement as lower fares attracted leisure travelers Tweet this 

‘Getting on Planes' Air travel bookings are up 10 percent in January, according to BCD Travel, a unit of BCD Holdings NV in the Netherlands The company handles 6 percent of business travel in the US for clients such as Yahoo! Inc, Honda Motor Co and Eli Lilly & Co "Companies are investing in travel again, and getting their people on planes so they can start selling," said Danny Hood, BCD Travel's president for the Americas One BCD retail client slashed trips to 500 a week from 1,000 previously and implemented stricter rules that required employees to fly coach and get multiple approvals from managers for travel, Hood said That company is now doing about 1,200 trips a week, he said Higher priced business fares may increase revenue per passenger for each mile flown by at least 13 percent, according to estimates from analysts Gary Chase of Barclays Capital and Kevin Crissey of UBS Securities 
Share:  ‘Getting on Planes' Air travel bookings are up 10 percent in January, according to <span class="company">BCD Travel</span>, a unit of BCD Holdings NV in the Netherlands The company handles 6 percent of business travel in the US for clients such as Yahoo! Inc, Honda Motor Co and Eli Lilly & Co "Companies are investing in travel again, and getting their people on planes so they can start selling," said Danny Hood, <span class="company">BCD Travel</span>'s president for the Americas One BCD retail client slashed trips to 500 a week from 1,000 previously and implemented stricter rules that required employees to fly coach and get multiple approvals from managers for travel, Hood said That company is now doing about 1,200 trips a week, he said<span class="sent"> Higher priced business fares may increase revenue per passenger for each mile flown by at least 13 percent, according to estimates from analysts Gary Chase of Barclays Capital and <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span> of UBS Securities</span>...‘Getting on Planes' Air travel bookings are up 10 percent in January, according to <span class="company">BCD Travel</span>, a unit of BCD Holdings NV in the Netherlands The company handles 6 percent of business travel in the US for clients such as Yahoo! Inc, Honda Motor Co and Eli Lilly & Co "Companies are investing in travel again, and getting their people on planes so they can start selling," said Danny Hood, <span class="company">BCD Travel</span>'s president for the Americas One BCD retail client slashed trips to 500 a week from 1,000 previously and implem Tweet this 

"We forecast strong (revenue) trends in 2010 and favor legacy airline stocks that have international and corporate travel exposure," noted UBS Securities analyst Kevin Crissey Following the industry's "enormous" challenges in 2009, Continental"s Chief Executive Jeffery A Smisek said "while we are seeing some business traffic increasing, we likely have a long and slow road to recovery" Earlier this month, Continental reported strong December air traffic figures and Smisek announced he will refuse to accept a salary or bonus until the company turns a full year profit Many companies, especially banks, have been condemned for handing out bloated pay packages following the credit crisis and ensuing recession (See " Bankers Get Set For Bonus Bonanza " and " Bonus Backlash May Boost Wall Street Pay ") "Investors are focusing on the pickup in economic activity and anticipating a rebound in travel," said Richard Ross, Auerbach Grayson's head of global technical strategy (See " Technically, Airline Stocks Look Good ") 
Share:  <span class="sent">"We forecast strong (revenue) trends in 2010 and favor legacy airline stocks that have international and corporate travel exposure," noted UBS Securities analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span></span> Following the industry's "enormous" challenges in 2009, <span class="company">Continental</span>"s Chief Executive Jeffery A Smisek said "while we are seeing some business traffic increasing, we likely have a long and slow road to recovery" Earlier this month, <span class="company">Continental</span> reported strong December air traffic figures and Smisek announced he will refuse to accept a salary or bonus until the company turns a full year profit Many companies, especially banks, have been condemned for handing out bloated pay packages following the credit crisis and ensuing recession (See " Bankers Get Set For Bonus Bonanza " and " Bonus Backlash May Boost Wall Street Pay ") "Investors are focusing on the pickup in economic activity and anticipating a rebound in travel," said Richard Ross, Auerbach Grayson's head of global technical strategy (See " Technically, Airline Stocks Look Good ")...<span class="sent">"We forecast strong (revenue) trends in 2010 and favor legacy airline stocks that have international and corporate travel exposure," noted UBS Securities analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span></span> Following the industry's "enormous" challenges in 2009, <span class="company">Continental</span>"s Chief Executive Jeffery A Smisek said "while we are seeing some business Tweet this 

The Street's consensus call was for a loss of $146 million, or 7 cents per share Like Southwest, Continental was helped by a 35% rise in traffic But lower spending on fuel was the biggest factor as it spent $388 million less on fuel in 2009 than in the prior year And passenger revenue per available seat mile, a closely watched indicator for airlines, fell 9% as it, like Southwest, suffered as nonbusiness travel customers were seeking out low price fares amid economic recession "We forecast strong (revenue) trends in 2010 and favor legacy airline stocks that have international and corporate travel exposure," noted UBS Securities analyst Kevin Crissey 
Share:  The Street's consensus call was for a loss of $146 million, or 7 cents per share Like <span class="company">Southwest</span>, Continental was helped by a 35% rise in traffic But lower spending on fuel was the biggest factor as it spent $388 million less on fuel in 2009 than in the prior year And passenger revenue per available seat mile, a closely watched indicator for airlines, fell 9% as it, like <span class="company">Southwest</span>, suffered as nonbusiness travel customers were seeking out low price fares amid economic recession<span class="sent"> "We forecast strong (revenue) trends in 2010 and favor legacy airline stocks that have international and corporate travel exposure," noted UBS Securities analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span></span>...The Street's consensus call was for a loss of $146 million, or 7 cents per share Like <span class="company">Southwest</span>, Continental was helped by a 35% rise in traffic But lower spending on fuel was the biggest factor as it spent $388 million less on fuel in 2009 than in the prior year And passenger revenue per available seat mile, a closely watched indicator for airlines, fell 9% as it, like <span class="company">Southwest</span>, suffered as nonbusiness travel customers were seeking out low price fares amid economic recession<span class="sent"> "We forecast strong (revenue) trends in 2010 and favor legacy airline stocks that have international and corporate travel exposure," noted UBS Securities analyst <span class="analyst">Kevin Crissey</span></sp Tweet this 

AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, set a cautious tone for fourth quarter earnings in the sector posting a slightly wider than expected loss but hinting at a nascent revival in international business travel. "The fuel crisis of 2008 
Share:  <span class="sent">AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, set a cautious tone for fourth quarter earnings in the sector posting a slightly wider than expected loss but hinting at a nascent revival in international business travel. </span>"The fuel crisis of 2008 Tweet this