Rising costs may threaten US majors’ profit margins in 2020

United Airlines 737 Max 9

Source: United Airlines

Consumer confidence in the US economy and a declining unemployment rate drove demand for air travel in 2019. That was good news for the four major US carriers, but for three of them there was the question of whether they would have the aircraft to meet that rising demand.

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