BA shares yesterday lead a surge on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE 100) as traffic figures confirmed a good growth margin of 4.3% in premium traffic (see Aviation News for September 29, 2010). BA shares climbed 15.5p to 254.6p on the news on heavy trading. Not far behind this was TUi Travel which climbed 9.1p to 225.9p on the news that holiday bookings for summer 2011 were strong at this stage. In the US, shares of United Continental rose 56 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $24.66 in midday trading yesterday. US Airways Group reported strong growth at its namesake operations

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