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- United Airlines shares climb on signs of travel demand recovery</p>
<p>July 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM</p>
<p>(Reuters) -United Airlines shares rose 4% as the U.S. carrier projected improved demand since the start of July, an upbeat tone after the industry came under pressure from the fallout of President Donald Trump's budget cuts and trade tensions.</p>
<p>Shares of rivals Delta Air and American Airlines both gained 3% in early trading on Thursday.</p>
<p>The Chicago-based carrier on Wednesday projected overall travel demand to rise by 6 percentage points in the third quarter, along with a strong double-digit boost in business travel bookings.</p>
<p>"The world is less uncertain today than it was during the first six months of 2025 and that gives us confidence about a strong finish to the year," United CEO Scott Kirby said in a statement on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Carriers with extensive premium offerings are benefiting from resilient demand in the segment, even as main cabin revenue faces the brunt of a broader slowdown in travel, with cost-conscious passengers rethinking their plans.</p>
<p>"These results put United well on its way to its long-term targets, in spite of macro-economic uncertainty and Newark's short-term challenges," Citi analysts wrote in a note.</p>
<p>In the previous quarter, budget cuts and trade tensions had put the U.S. aviation industry on alert, prompting most carriers to withdraw their 2025 profit forecasts and brace for a broader travel slowdown.</p>
<p>Since then, industry executives have signaled that travel demand has stabilized. The improvements in booking trends encouraged rival Delta Air Lines last week to reinstate its full-year profit outlook.</p>
<p>United also, like Delta, said it expects the industry to cut unprofitable flights in the coming months in a bid to stabilize airfares and protect margins.</p>
<p>"As we looked at the end of June, we see both an inflection in supply and demand. So for the airline industry, much like last year, starting in mid-August, there's a lot of seats coming out of the industry, which is going to be a tailwind for us," Kirby said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Shivansh Tiwary in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)</p>
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