It’s that time again, Delta first up for quarterly earnings

skydollar.jpgIt’s earnings time, once again. To start of this quarter, we have Delta reporting today and Continental on Thursday.
Subscribers to the PlaneBusiness Banter can review the full earnings calendar, including links to the webcasts for each airline’s earnings discussion calls, and earnings summaries for this quarter’s results.
Delta will discuss its earnings at 10 AM Eastern today, while Continental’s call is tomorrow at 10:30 AM Eastern.
During the next few weeks, expect to hear this phrase frequently: “Results were negatively impacted by the price of jet fuel.”