Airline stocks rise with AMR

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks rose Friday with American parent AMR Corp. in the lead. The NYSE Arca Airline Index climbed nearly 1% to 40.15 points with all but one of its 13 components in the black. The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average was virtually flat at 10,417. Shares of AMR rose 1.3% to $6.13, UAL added less than 1% to $21 and Alaska Air rose less than 1% to $46.71. U.S ...

Airline Wants Flight Attendants to Land Planes In Case of Emergency [Airplanes]

# airplanes A low-cost airline wants flight attendants to fly airplanes in case of emergency. The reason: Having two pilots in the cockpit is too expensive . That's great, because I really can't wait to see Steven Slater landing a 747 at JFK. More »

Airline stocks struggle as market edges higher

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks struggled to stay aloft Wednesday as the wider market edged higher. The NYSE Arca Airline Index added less than 1% to 40.21 points with just over half of its 13 components in the black. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index also rose less than 1%. Shares of US Airways climbed 1% to $9.63, Continental Airlines rose a penny to $23.49 and Southwest added a nickel ...