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United’s earnings-call shakes faith in CEO

Bloomberg In the span of a one-hour conference call, Wall Street’s confidence in the leadership of United Airlines plummeted. Analysts pressed Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz and President Scott Kirby on how they planned to deal with rising costs and falling pricing power. Would they rein in growth in the face of fare weakness? Provide more detail on revenue initiatives? ...

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Truly automatic check-in will make you hate airports a little less

Bloomberg Airports are the gateway through which we escape our daily drudgery. They allow us to wing our way to vacations, family reunions, even business junkets. But tainting every trip is the prospect of stress and frustration that comes with negotiating an infrastructure that envelops us from fare shopping to seat belt-click. There’s the ticketing counter, the kiosks, the bag ...

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Oil output compliance hits record 120%: OPEC

VIENNA / WAM The OPEC and non-OPEC producing countries’ Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) stated that based on the report of its Joint Technical Committee (JTC) for the month of September 2017, OPEC and participating Non-OPEC producing countries have achieved a record high conformity level with the voluntary production adjustments, reaching 120 percent. “In September 2017, OPEC and participating non-OPEC ...

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