5 Airline Stocks to Sell to Now

5 Airline Stocks to Sell Now

The perpetual bust cycle of the airline industry is likely to strike again as the flu season begins this fall. Given the spread of the virus through
human contact, load factors will surely fall as individuals seek to defend themselves from contracting the flu.

We already saw this happen when swine flu first appeared at the end of the last flu season. Air travel, especially to Mexico, dropped but that fall
would have been much worse had the outbreak happened at the start of the season instead of the end.

Airline stocks have been big losers so far in 2009, but green shoots are appearing in the form of firmer load factors and price increases that are
sticking. But don’t be fooled.

Just like any other time when airlines thought they were primed to do well, this too shall end badly. Swine flu may be off the radar this summer,
but it will return to top of mind very soon.

Here are five airline stocks to avoid now…

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