Profitable Airline Industry Facing New Oil Price Pressure

John Heimlich, chief economist at the Air Transport Assn., is forecasting that U.S. passenger and cargo carriers will post a collective profit of $5 billion this year, the industry’s best showing since 1999. The bad news is that oil closed above $80 a barrel for the first time last week, placing new...

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