AAL Gears Up for a Busy Summer Season: How to Play the Stock

American Airlines (AAL) expects the current summer season to be a very busy one. The carrier aims to operate in excess of 715,000 flights during the peak summer period from May 16 to Sept. 2. This time around, the airline heavyweight aims to operate nearly 5% more flights than last summer. AAL intends to operate nearly 38,000 flights over the Memorial Day weekend (May 22–27). The most-traveled days during the period are likely to be May 22 and May 23, each with 6,471 departures. For the entire summer season ...