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Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) is seeing action in options trading this morning as the calls were hot off the open with more than 10,000 February $12 calls trading with shares at $11.80 and rising, 2X daily volume in 10 minutes of trading with offer side buying in large blocks.  Shares of airline stocks [...]

UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) is trading lower after the Christmas Day attempt by a Nigerian citizen trying to blow up a Northwest Airline flight from Amsterdam as it descended into Detroit. While this might have no major impact as it was unsuccessful, UAL shares are indicated lower.  UAL (UAUA) shares closed at $13.09 on Thursday [...]

UAL shares (UAUA) are down 7% to $8.55.
The company plans to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 19 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten registered public offering. In connection with this offering, the UAL intends to grant the underwriters an over-allotment option with respect to an additional 2.85 million shares of its common [...]

Higher gas costs are already rolling back into hitting airline stocks.  As some of these have risen 3-fold or more from lows after the last $30+ drop in oil prices per barrel, any rise in black gold takes a toll.

UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) closed yesterday at $12.40 and the last trade at 9:03 AM EST [...]

Amgen (AMGN) indicating up 3% more after solid earnings… watch for potential profit taking later in the morning after huge gain yesterday.
BE Aerospace (BEAV) is trading up almost 7% after the company managed to beat earnings and raise guidance despite woes at airline carriers themselves; short covering adding to gains.
Concur Technologies, Inc. (CNQR) gapping up [...]