** U.S. airlines rise as companies forecast relief from cash
burn with increase in passenger traffic
** American Airlines AAL.O forecast positive cash flow in
Q2 for the first time since the pandemic began urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OP3JV
** Delta Air Lines DAL.N posted its first quarterly profit
since the start of the pandemic and expects to remain profitable
for the rest of the fiscal year
** DAL CEO told Reuters about the company leaving behind its
days of cash burn urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OQ2VQ
** Broader market also up as after comments from the Federal
Reserve fueled hopes the central bank would stick to its
accommodative monetary policy despite a sharp jump in inflation
last month urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2OQ37D
** American Airlines AAL.O up over 5%, while DAL up
marginally
** United Airlines UAL.O , Southwest Airlines LUV.N ,
Spirit Airlines SAVE.N and Alaska Air ALK.N rise between 1%
and 2%
(Reporting by Shreyasee Raj in Bengaluru)
((Shreyasee.Raj@thomsonreuters.com;))