Major Airline Stocks: American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), United Continental (NYSE:UAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), China Southern Airlines (NYSE:ZNH), Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ:SAVE)


As a part of its $2 billion investment to give customers a world-class travel experience, American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) will upgrade its regional fleet by adding Gogo inflight wireless services to all two-class regional jets. Nearly 250 of American’s regional aircraft will have inflight wireless Internet service installed by 2016. With this installation, the world’s largest airline will have the largest fleet of connected regional jets. American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) in last trading activity increased 1.75% to close at $48.80. Company weekly performance is -0.29% while its quarterly performance stands at 28.59%. American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL) is -5.70% away from its 52 week high.

United Airlines – the wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UAL) intends to launch additional flights to Shanghai and Chengdu in China. The expansion can be seen as a move intended to meet air-travel demand which shoots up during the summer travel season. On last trading day United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UAL) increased 1.98% to close at $62.85. Its volatility for the week is 4.97% while volatility for the month is 3.95%. UAL’s sales growth for past 5 years was 13.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 15.30%. United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UAL) monthly performance is 12.25%.

Delta Airlines Inc. (NYSE:DAL) has quickly issued a fix to a recently discovered security hole in its system that allowed anyone to access any passenger’s mobile boarding pass. On last trading day Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) increased 1.74% to close at $46.17. Its volatility for the week is 4.44% while volatility for the month is 3.18%. DAL’s sales growth for past 5 years was 10.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 21.50%. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) monthly performance is 6.31%.

Analysts at Goldman Sachs downgraded shares of China Southern Airlines Co Ltd (NYSE:ZNH) from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. (NYSE:ZNH) institutional ownership stands at 1.60%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $24.53.

Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ:SAVE) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,048,162 shares, a drop of 31.5% from the November 14th total of 1,529,687 shares, AnalystRatings.NET reports. On Wednesday shares of Spirit Airlines, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAVE) closed at $71.81. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 16.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 32.25%.


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