Originally Posted by
MinRest
The airlines were hit hard, but most are recovering. We are booking middle seats now, which leaves Delta as the only airline not booking middle seats. Travel demand is recovering, and will continue to recover. Bailout loans will be paid back by most fairly quickly. Projections at AS is that all EILs will be recalled and back on property by May, with hiring resuming close to the same time. We shall see
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Most of the bailout loans(70%) are actually grants that won’t be repaid btw. Except by taxpayers down the road....
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...bailout-around