Air Canada sees freight demand recovering; United Airlines flight attendants to strike

North and South American carriers stocks were mixed on Friday (26-Mar-2010), as was the wider market, as investors remain concerned over valuations and sovereign debt issues in Greece, Portugal and Spain. The Dow (+0.1%) eked out a gain, while the AMEX Airline Index (+0.7%) was slightly stronger, helped by a slip in oil prices (-0.2%), to USD80.35.