Power Breakfast: Volcano affecting Atlanta businesses, electric rates, DeKalb avoids layoffs, MARTA, Goldman

The volcanic ash over Europe has cast a cloud over some businesses with Atlanta ties, AJC reporters David Markiewicz and Kelly Yamanouchi write.

Chief among them is Delta Air Lines, which could be losing more revenue than any other U.S. carrier.

And shipping giant UPS, which delivers 2 million packages a day outside the U.S. Its main European air hub in Cologne, Germany, has had to stop outbound shipments from Europe and could not say Monday when they will begin again, Markiewicz and Yamanouchi report.

As airlines prepared to resume more flights Tuesday, AirlineFinancials.com analyst Robert Herbst estimated Delta is losing $10.4 million in revenue daily, with a daily operating loss of $6.5 million after accounting for savings from unused fuel and other operating expenses. That’s the highest amount among the U.S. carriers.

The Boyd Group, an aviation consulting firm, estimated Delta lost $29.4 million in revenue through Sunday, also the highest among U.S. airlines.

Also in the AJC:

• Gas, electric rates could head higher
• DeKalb avoids layoffs
• DeKalb’s interim schools’ chief doesn’t want the job
• Red X on MARTA buses and trains to show impending cuts
• A slum for Sandy Springs?
• Portuguese company opens near Savannah

In other media:

• Difficult path in Goldman case
• SEC’s probe of Goldman could widen to other banks
• Financial overhaul draws swarm of lobbyists
• Democrats seek to close partisan divide on Wall St. reform
• Toyota to fix 34,000 vehicles worldwide

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