Airline stocks soared Friday, giving a big boost to the Dow Jones Transportation Average with the tumbled in crude oil prices helping fuel the rally. The NYSE Arca Airline Index rallied 3.0%. The Dow transports top gainers were all airline stocks: Alaska Air Group Inc.'s climbed 4.4%; American Airlines Group Inc.'s rose 4.1%; Southwest Airlines Co.'s ran up 3.9%; JetBlue Airways Corp.'s advanced 3.2%; Delta Air Lines Inc.'s tacked on 2.6%; and United Continental Holdings Inc.'s gained 2.2%. The combined price gains of the airline stocks added about 61 points to the Dow Transports' price, which was up 82 points, or 0.8%, in midday trade. That compares with the 35-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Crude oil futures tumbled 4.1% on reports that Russia and OPEC will boost production.