American airlines group inc. As a result of the massive financial loses due to lack of passenger demand canceled flights and increased expenditures for security.
So how did airline stocks that were directly impacted by 911 respond.
American airlines stock after 911. Even before the pandemic hit the global grounding of the boeing 737 max weighed on aal stock. Midway airlines already on the brink of bankruptcy shut down operations almost immediately afterwards. Find the latest historical data for american airlines group inc.
The nyse airline index closed on september 10 2001 at 11697 re opened september 17 2011 at 6985 and eventually bottomed just above 14 in march 2009. View aal historial stock data and compare to other stocks and exchanges. The 911 attacks compounded financial troubles that the airline industry already was experiencing before the attacks.
Amr stock dropped from a 2970 per share close of september 11 to 1800 per share close on. Despite this government funded measure several prominent american airlines declared bankruptcy not long after the 911 attacks included us airways and united airlines. Share prices of airlines and airplane manufacturers plummeted after the attacks.
Other airlines were threatened with bankruptcy and tens of thousands of layoffs were announced in the week following the attacks. Airlines experienced a decline in passengers for 12 straight months after 911 according to a report by barrons. After nearly 17 years the airline industry has made it back to its level from just before the september 11 attack on the world trade center.
Advanced stock charts by marketwatch. In the days just prior to the 11 september 2001 large quantities of stock in united and american airlines were traded by persons with foreknowledge of the upcoming 911 attacks. Covid 19 boeing 737 max hit american airlines stock.
It took them 22 months of growth to get back to pre 911 levels.
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