DELTA WEATHERS THE STORM

摘要

It has been a while since an airline stock hit the top of the Street's favored list, but the world's largest carrier, Delta Air Lines (DAL), is beating the odds. Of 13 major analysts who track Delta, 12 rate it a buy, and one tags it hold. What sets Delta apart from rivals is not just its lean cost structure and aggressive cuts in overseas capacity but alsornthe boost to its profit outlook from the October 2008 merger with Northwest Airlines.