Article: FOURTH QUARTER 2005 AIRLINE FINANCIAL DATA: REGIONAL PASSENGER AIRLINES AND LOW-COST AIRLINES REPORT DOMESTIC PROFIT; NETWORK CARRIERS REPORT SMALLER LOSS

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following press release:

The seven largest regional airlines and the seven largest low-cost carriers, as a group, reported domestic operating profit margins -- an industry measure of profitability -- while the seven network carriers reported a smaller loss during the fourth quarter of 2005 than a year earlier, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation reported today in a release of preliminary data.

BTS, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the group of regional carriers reported a domestic operating profit margin of ...

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