US Airways, Republic and AirTran Join the Earnings Parade

Earnings

We had five airlines report earnings for the quarter before today — American (AMR:NYSE), Southwest (LUV:NYSE), Continental (CAL:NYSE), JetBlue (JBLU:Nasdaq), and Alaska Air Group (ALK:NYSE). Today they were joined by AirTran (AAI:NYSE), Republic (RJET:Nasdaq), and US Airways (LCC:NYSE).

Here’s how the profit and loss parade shapes up as of today.

Those airlines that have reported a loss for the third quarter: JetBlue, AirTran, Alaska Air Group.

Those airlines that have reported a profit for the third quarter: American, Southwest, Continental, US Airways, Republic.

The airline that came in substantially under analysts’ forecasts: AirTran.

Not surprisingly, shares of AirTran are taking a beating today. Trading volume here is already heavy, just a little more than an hour into the day, with the stock now down about 3% — hovering around 10.66.

Will be interesting to see how these shares weather the storm before the close.

For PlaneBusiness Banter subscribers, look for our in-depth report on Southwest, Continental, JetBlue and Alaska in this week’s issue.