Originally Posted by
jsled
How the market values the airlines: 3/10/2010
DAL 10.45B
LUV 9.53B
Ryan Air 7.9B
Lan 6.4B
China Southern 3.5
AMR 3.32
China Eastern 3.31B
UAUA 3.17
GOL 3.12B
CAL 3.10
TAM 2.67B
COPA 2.49B
JBLU 1.54
ALK 1.43
LCC 1.28
ALGT 1.08
AAI .723
RJET .195
And so on......you get the idea. In the age of "airline consolidation" don't think the only players are US domestic. Code share is alive and well and will only take a well placed lobbying effort to over turn the Cabotage laws. BTW, anyone remember the Supreme Court ruling last month regarding political contributions?
Point is: Got Scope?
PS. Since this the values change everyday, a convenient place to track airline Mkt. Caps is here:
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/frame/news.html
Scroll down a bit and you'll see a table that you can sort by market cap.