MESA News and Press, Mesa Air Group Inc. From 11/11/20

PHOENIX, Nov. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) today reported Mesa Airlines’ operating performance for October 2020. Mesa Airlines reported 20,167 block hours in October 2020, a 48.2 percent drop from October 2019 as a result ...

Domestic airline bookings were down 60.9% last week from -60.5% the week prior, according to tracking by Bank of America. Pricing improved sequentially to -32.1% Y/Y from -34.1%. International ticket sales were down 85.8% from -86.4% the week prior.The slight downtick is attributed in part to...

PHOENIX, Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mesa Air Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MESA) today announced that it has entered into a five-year Loan and Guarantee Agreement on October 30, 2020, with the U.S. Treasury Department which provides Mesa Airlines with a secured term loan facility to...

Travel and leisure stocks are lower as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations break higher again."In 36 states, the hospitalization rate for the coronavirus increased by at least 5% over in the past seven days," notes CMC Markets' David Madden."Traders keep an eye on the hospitalization rat...

U.S. airlines stocks are down sharply with stimulus talks in Washington D.C. hitting another snag over an expansion of COVID testing being part of the package. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin were due to talk this afternoon at some point. Also part of the investor f...

The airline sector is in positive territory with talks between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said to be going well.It is believed that around $25B would be carved out for airlines from a new stimulus deal.Legislation needs to be written this week to be enacted bef...

It is an active day of developments in the airline sector with U.S. air passenger traffic topping 1M again even as COVID-19 headlines create some anxiety on booking trends. The TSA reported travel throughput for Sunday of 1,031,505 passengers vs. 2,606,266 for the comparable day a year ago. I...

A day after Delta Air Lines ([[DAL]] +0.2%) warned on a long recovery for demand, there are similar comments out from American Airlines ([[AAL]] +0.9%) CEO Doug Parker."Flying less than half of what we were flying a year ago in terms of networks, with no anticipation at American Airlines that...

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Unlike any other airline I know of, MESA remained profitable even during the worst COVID quarter. I expect MESA to continue being profitable with free cash flow of $1.30-2.00 a share or 30-50% FCF yield. The profitability isn't tied to government airline relief, and even if Americ...