Soaring Oil Prices Give Airlines Their Latest Financial Shocks

US Airways and United Airlines already are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Delta Air Lines is fighting to avoid it, and relentless price competition from low-cost carriers is wiping out gains in passenger loads. Can it get any worse for the legacy U.S. airlines? You bet. Futures contracts for...

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