Airlines try hedging to beat the soaring jet fuel costs / Southwest Air is industry’s best at it, saving firm billions

The computer screen on Scott Topping’s desk at Southwest Airlines flickered with row after row of dates and numbers, but they had nothing to do with arrivals and departures. They tracked the price of oil futures for the next several months, and they told a…

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Airlines try hedging to beat the soaring jet fuel costs / Southwest Air is industry’s best at it, saving firm billions