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Discount Airlines Tap Stock Market as Investors Bet on Travel Recovery

A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX airliner on the ramp at Renton airport adjacent to the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington. United Airlines announced on April 1 it will immediately start hiring pilots, beginning with a group of 300, to be ready to meet growing demand for air travel. (Photo: AFP)

As air travel shows more signs of rebounding from its pandemic lows, airlines that focus on offering cheap fares to leisure travelers are cashing in on the stock market.

Frontier Group Holdings Inc.’s initial public offering raised $570 million after shares of the Denver-based budget carrier were priced at $19 each. Sun Country Airlines Holdings Inc., which largely flies Midwesterners to sunny vacation locales, raised more than $250 million in its initial public offering in March.

U.S. airlines lost some $35…

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