US Global Jets ETF

JETS

Market cap $729M

Record Thanksgiving travel and rebounding bookings are expected to lift airline ETFs like JETS as industry momentum accelerates in the post-shutdown period.

Airlines expected a return to normal to happen relatively quickly, but flight cuts are temporarily frozen at 6%.

The recent announcement by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to reduce flight capacity at 40 major U.S. airports has sent ripples through the commercial aviation sector, causing major airline stocks like United Airlines ( UAL ), Delta Air Lines ( DAL ), and American Airlines ( AAL ) to slide on the bourses yesterday. This decision mandates progressive cuts, beginning with a 4% reduction and ramping up to 10% by mid-November to address safety concerns amid a prolonged government shutdown that has left air traffic controllers unpaid and air traffic control operations strained.

Over three weeks in, the federal government shutdown is closing in on the longest shutdown in history, catching up to the 34-day run of December 2019.

Launched on April 30, 2015, the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Industrials - Transportation/Shipping segment of the equity market.

As expected, airline stocks have performed poorly over the past four years, struggling with margin pressures as airlines fail to pass rising costs onto ticket prices. With the fallout of Spirit Airlines and lower labor and fuel inflation, airlines may be verging on greater deflationary issues, particularly regarding economy class tickets. The "economy class" American is not in a great financial situation today, with stagnant median annual income, rising consumer debt service, and ongoing living cost growth.

Fall isn't in the air yet here in South Central Texas, but the season is often associated with something else: stronger performance in airline stocks.

An industry ETF can become a good alternative when there are few or no clear leading stocks in the group.

US airline stocks closed significantly higher on Tuesday after Spirit Airlines, a budget air carrier , issued a dire warning that it will fail to survive as a going concern without fresh capital.

San Antonio, TX, Aug. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROW) (the “Company”), a registered investment advisory firm[1] with expertise in gold mining stocks and the airline industry, today is pleased to announce that its shipping ETF, the U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF ( NYSE: SEA ), is now listed on Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), also known as the Mexican Stock Exchange.