Airline Stocks Soar: Defying Gloomy 2025 Forecasts with Unexpected Altitude
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Wall Street's turbulence warnings proved wrong as carriers punch through storm clouds.
Jet fuel meets jet propulsion: After a shaky Q1, legacy airlines and budget carriers alike are seeing double-digit climbs—no emergency oxygen masks required.
Short sellers get airsick: The 'overleveraged, overcapacity' doom narrative got chewed up by engine turbines. Turns out people still pay $12 for airport pretzels when recession fears fade.
Baggage claim: Analysts now scrambling to upgrade price targets (while quietly deleting their 'sector collapse' PowerPoints from January). Nothing rallies like an industry everyone left for dead—except maybe crypto during a bull run.