Fuel Hedging Protects Southwest From Rising Oil Prices
Southwest Airlines posted a second-quarter net profit of $733 million, down 1.3% from net income of $743 million the 2017 June quarter, as fuel hedging insulated the carrier from the much larger year-over-year (YOY) profit drops being reported by rival major U.S. carriers. The U.S. airline industry...
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