Southwest announces dividend; Atlas Air and Delta soar higher

Southwest Airlines (+1.9%) rose with North and South American airline stocks on Thursday (19-Nov-2010) ahead of the peak Thanksgiving holiday travel season. Southwest gained after its Board of Directors declared its 137th consecutive quarterly dividend of USD0.0045/share to shareholders of record on 09-Dec-2010 on all issued and outstanding shares. The dividend will be paid on 06-Jan-2011.