Airline Debt To Balloon by 28% -Heavy New Debt Levels Will Weigh Down Recovery

sysadmHeadlines, Highlights, News, News Updates

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released an analysis showing that the airline industry’s global debt could rise to $550 billion by year-end. That’s a $120 billion increase over debt levels at the start of 2020. IATA said $67 billion of the new debt is composed of government loans ($50 billion), deferred taxes ($5 billion), and loan guarantees ($12 billion). …