Why Shares of Latam and Other Latin American Airlines Are Soaring Today

Airline shares are taking flight throughout the Americas on improving optimism that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic travel slump is now behind us. The U.S. airlines are all up between 5% and 15% apiece on Monday, but those gains pale in comparison to how New York-traded Latin American airlines are trading. Shares of two of Brazil's largest airlines, Azul (NYSE: AZUL) and Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (NYSE: GOL), traded up 20% apiece on Monday, as did shares of bankrupt Latam Airlines Group (NYSE: LTM) of Chile.