http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/whats-the-real-truth-with-the-situation-between-american-airlines-and-kayak/ The last honest travel site Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/whats-the-real-truth-with-the-situation-between-american-airlines-and-kayak/comment-page-1/#comment-5827 American Airlines Points Gun At Foot | Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:30:43 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5153#comment-5827 [...] American Airlines recently decided that it didn’t like paying Kayak for referrals, and has apparently pulled its listings, even through third parties like Orbitz. Now, Southwest [...] [...] American Airlines recently decided that it didn’t like paying Kayak for referrals, and has apparently pulled its listings, even through third parties like Orbitz. Now, Southwest [...]

]]> http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/whats-the-real-truth-with-the-situation-between-american-airlines-and-kayak/comment-page-1/#comment-5066 Wrona Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:29:49 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5153#comment-5066 And to make it more fun, AA's website is currently down. And to make it more fun, AA’s website is currently down.

]]> http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/whats-the-real-truth-with-the-situation-between-american-airlines-and-kayak/comment-page-1/#comment-5051 Matthew B Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:02:43 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=5153#comment-5051 To be frank, American Airline has the highest debt burden of any US airline, possibly any airline. I would not be booking a November airfare with them unless I also took out insurance and had a contingency plan for travel. AA's debt burden is so high as to make financial collapse a real possibility. AA's current debt/equity ratio is 6.56 (msn money), meaning it has $6.56 in debt for every $1.00 in shareholder funds - this makes for a massive interest bill - payable in cash. For comparison Delta's current debt/equity ratio is 2.45, whilst Southwest's is 0.30 (easy to see why they have had 35 straight years of profitability). To be frank, American Airline has the highest debt burden of any US airline, possibly any airline. I would not be booking a November airfare with them unless I also took out insurance and had a contingency plan for travel. AA’s debt burden is so high as to make financial collapse a real possibility. AA’s current debt/equity ratio is 6.56 (msn money), meaning it has $6.56 in debt for every $1.00 in shareholder funds – this makes for a massive interest bill – payable in cash. For comparison Delta’s current debt/equity ratio is 2.45, whilst Southwest’s is 0.30 (easy to see why they have had 35 straight years of profitability).

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