Airline stocks climb as oil prices slide to multi-month lows

Southwest Airlines Co

Thu 10:15

**  U.S. airline stocks up in premarket trading on Thursday after oil prices fell to a 3-1/2-month low
** Brent fell to its lowest level since March 2, the first trading day after the initial U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran, while WTI dropped to its lowest since March 4 O/R
** American Airlines AAL.O, Delta Air Lines DAL.N and Southwest Airlines LUV.N rise between 1.3% and 1.5%
** United Airlines UAL.O adds 2.5%, Alaska Air ALK.N up 1%
** Dow Jones U.S. airlines sub-index .DJUSAR up 6.6% YTD

 (Reporting by Rashika Singh)
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