Maybe a boost to the industry will be one of them going under, like United. IMO UA has the worst service, they are already chapter 11, and are the second biggest carrier. If they went under, their pax would shift to the others. Right now, supply exceeds demand - should an airline go under, that would eliminate a lot of supply, giving the other remaining airlines more revenue.

Obviously a prolonged war in Iraq is also not good news for any of them, I am sure that flights from US to Europe are down, and to the Middle East are way down.