Bob McCarty Writes

In a July 8 post, Florida Company to Take Fuel Hedging Mainstream, I wrote about a South Florida company that was poised to take fuel hedging to the mainstream by enabling consumers to purchase fuel in a manner similar to that used by Southwest Airlines.  Unfortunately, it seems the company is slow to get things [...]

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A South Florida company is poised to take fuel hedging to the mainstream by enabling consumers to purchase fuel in a manner similar to that used by Southwest Airlines.
Southwest has set itself apart from other airlines by hedging on fuel prices (i.e., purchasing fuel via long-term contracts that lock in prices), a practice that, according [...]

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In the wake of ever-increasing fuel costs, the nation’s airline industry is receiving more and more attention. Today, however, that attention came in the form of grim news as two industry-focused groups warned that several large and small U.S. airlines will default on their obligations to creditors beginning at the end of 2008 and [...]

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