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Airlines News 26 September 2025 - 15 October 2025

Delta’s Focus-City Gambit Pays Off: $2B Amex Windfall & SkyMiles Surge – Is the Stock Set to Soar?

Delta’s Focus-City Gambit Pays Off: $2B Amex Windfall & SkyMiles Surge – Is the Stock Set to Soar?

Delta’s strategy of blending its network with loyalty marketing is drawing notice. Hauenstein’s focus-city approach—linking route planning with credit-card growth—reflects a “full reengineering” of how to maximize revenue, beyond just flying passengers theairlineobserver.com thriftytraveler.com. As Reuters observes, Delta’s exposure to “higher household income” travelers has strengthened its position versus carriers that serve more budget-conscious markets reuters.com. This dovetails with industry trends: U.S. carriers have cut capacity (Spirit’s exit and discipline among peers), boosting fares and unit revenues reuters.com reuters.com. Forecast: With Q3 earnings in line and guidance raised, analysts expect Delta to continue outperforming. Cowen (as reported by MarketBeat) and
15 October 2025
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Southwest Airlines Stock Soars 5% on Holiday Travel Hopes, New Price Targets

Southwest Airlines Stock Soars 5% on Holiday Travel Hopes, New Price Targets

Recent Stock Performance: Volatile Climb into Mid-October Southwest’s stock has seen choppy trading in recent weeks, but momentum improved dramatically heading into mid-October. The shares have rallied from the low-$30s to mid-$33 range in just the past few sessionsreuters.com. On October 14, LUV spiked nearly 5% intraday – a significant one-day move – amid a broader market surge. It closed around $33.47reuters.com, up from $31.90 the prior closereuters.com. This jump puts Southwest back in positive territory for Q4-to-date and close to breakeven on the year. Before today’s move, LUV was down roughly 3.9% year-to-datetradingview.com, underperforming the S&P 500. The stock
14 October 2025
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JetBlue Stock Crashes 41% – Is the Airline Industry About to Hit Turbulence?

JetBlue Stock Crashes 41% – Is the Airline Industry About to Hit Turbulence?

JetBlue’s Slide and Ratings JetBlue’s recent performance has alarmed investors. After trading above $8 in late 2024, JBLU is now near $4.4investing.com. Analysts note the stock’s heavy debt and weaker pricing power make it “vulnerable” as fare yields softents2.tech. On Oct 9, Weiss Ratings – known for rare sell calls – reiterated a “sell (D-)” rating on JetBluemarketbeat.com. Other brokerages have turned cautious: UBS, Barclays and Citigroup have sell/underweight calls on JBLU recentlymarketbeat.com. MarketBeat reports 7 holds and 5 sells on JBLU, yielding a consensus price target $5.28marketbeat.com. (JetBlue management notes an improving demand environment and expects unit cost cuts, but stock-wise “investors remain skeptical”ts2.tech.)
12 October 2025
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United Airlines Stock Skyrockets on Travel Boom: Is $130 Next for UAL?

United Airlines Stock Skyrockets on Travel Boom: Is $130 Next for UAL?

Stock Price & Recent Performance As of market close Oct 8, 2025, UAL traded around $98.09 reuters.com, a ~1.5% gain for the day. In early pre-market Oct 9, it had jumped ~6% to ~$104 stockanalysis.com. Over the past week, UAL shares have rebounded from recent lows near ~$94 (Oct 2) to fresh highs around $99–100. The stock’s 6-month chart shows a rally to a mid-September peak (~$109) followed by a pullback; current technical indicators (see below) suggest mild momentum. UAL trades well above its pandemic lows and has outperformed some broader indices this year (its 52-week high is $116 reuters.com).
9 October 2025
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American Airlines (AAL) Stock Takes Off on Travel Demand – Will It Keep Climbing or Hit Turbulence?

American Airlines (AAL) Stock Takes Off on Travel Demand – Will It Keep Climbing or Hit Turbulence?

Stock Price and Recent Performance American Airlines’ stock has been on a turbulent ride in 2025. After starting the year in the high teens, AAL has sunk into the low double-digits – recently closing around $11.81 marketbeat.com. The slide accelerated in September amid soft travel demand and pessimistic guidance. As of early October, shares were down over 34% year-to-date (vastly underperforming the S&P 500) and about 15% lower in the past month alone marketbeat.com. This steep drop reflects both company-specific challenges and broader sector headwinds (from rising costs to economic jitters). This week, however, brought a glimmer of relief. American’s
9 October 2025
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Delta Air Lines Stock Takes Off on Strong Earnings and Upbeat Outlook

Delta Air Lines Stock Takes Off on Strong Earnings and Upbeat Outlook

Stock Performance and Recent Price Action Delta’s stock has been on the move following its latest earnings. As of October 9, 2025, DAL trades around $60 per share after spiking about 5–6% on the Q3 reporttradingview.com. This marks a sharp rebound from the mid-$50s levels seen earlier in the week. Over the past week, the stock ranged roughly $56–$58 and is now up slightly week-over-week, bucking a broader market lull. Even after this rally, Delta’s share price remains ~5.6% lower year-to-datetradingview.com, underperforming the S&P 500, which makes the renewed momentum particularly noteworthy. The company’s market capitalization stands near $37–38 billion, making it one of the largest U.S. airlinesgurufocus.com. Notably,
9 October 2025
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Delta’s Profits Take Off as Travel Demand Soars – Airline Signals Record Holiday Season Ahead

Delta’s Profits Take Off as Travel Demand Soars – Airline Signals Record Holiday Season Ahead

Delta Delivers Soaring Q3 Results Delta Air Lines kicked off airline earnings season with a strong September-quarter performance that blew past projections. The carrier earned $1.42 billion in net income for Q3 2025 – almost 60% higher than the year-ago period – translating to $2.17 per share (GAAP) marketscreener.com. Excluding one-time items, Delta’s profit was $1.71 per share, comfortably above the ~$1.52 analysts expected marketscreener.com. Revenue for the quarter reached $16.67 billion, beating forecasts (~$15.8 billion) and marking a ~8% increase year-on-year marketscreener.com. These results came in at the top end of management’s guidance, as Delta benefited from robust travel demand over the
9 October 2025
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Thai Airways (TAWNF) Stock Takes Off: Turnaround Fuels 2025 Rally and Bullish Forecast

Thai Airways (TAWNF) Stock Takes Off: Turnaround Fuels 2025 Rally and Bullish Forecast

Key facts: Thai Airways (OTC: TAWNF) officially resumed trading in August 2025 after five years of suspension, sparking a massive share rally Reuters. On its first day back (Aug 4), the stock jumped ~216% intraday (from ~THB3 to THB10.50) Reuters, and continued to climb (closing ~THB13.40 by Aug 7, giving a ~THB379 bn market cap) Nationthailand. The airline emerged from court-supervised restructuring in mid-2025 with about THB190 bn of remaining debt (nearly THB94 bn repaid) Reuters. Importantly, Thai has reported operating profits every quarter since 2023 Reuters. In Q2 2025, net profit (including one-off items) was THB12.13 bn, versus THB0.31 bn a year earlier Nationthailand
27 September 2025
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Breeze Airways Goes International – $99 Flights to Caribbean Hotspots Unveiled

Breeze Airways Goes International – $99 Flights to Caribbean Hotspots Unveiled

New Routes to Mexico and the Caribbean Breeze Airways has pulled the curtain off its long-awaited international debut, unveiling a slate of new flights to popular beach destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean. In total, the airline announced seven nonstop routes that will launch in early 2026 – marking the first time Breeze ventures beyond U.S. borders thepointsguy.com. The destinations read like a vacation wish list: Cancun on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the Montego Bay region of Jamaica, and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic thepointsguy.com thepointsguy.com. Each route is seasonal and aimed at winter sun-seekers, with most flights operating once
26 September 2025
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PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

7 February 2026
PLS Group shares closed at A$4.12 Friday, down 1.2% after a 3.7% drop Thursday. Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group disclosed increased voting power in the lithium miner, both citing changes dated Feb. 2. The moves came as lithium prices fell and Australian equities posted their sharpest drop in months. PLS reports interim results Feb. 19.
Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

7 February 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares closed at A$158.91, down 0.23% Friday, as the S&P/ASX 200 fell 2.03% and nearly A$70 billion was wiped from the market. The bank reports half-year results and an interim dividend on Feb. 11, with shares going ex-dividend Feb. 18. CBA flagged a A$68 million provision linked to ASIC’s Better Banking review. The RBA raised rates to 3.85% on Feb. 3, with CBA passing on the increase from Feb. 13.
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