Bloomberg
• Peyton Forte
US airline stocks rebound as jet-fuel costs ease; domestic airfares tick up despite recovery from pandemic losses
Lower crude and jet-fuel prices—helped by progress toward a US-Iran peace deal—are lifting sentiment across US carriers, with airline equities erasing pandemic-era losses after six years. At the same time, US domestic average fares rose in Q1 2026, reflecting higher fuel costs, capacity constraints and resilient demand.
