- US airlines are set to get $15 billion in relief funds from Congress’ economic aid agreement, reached Sunday.
- According to CNBC, the funding will require airlines to recall more than 32,000 furloughed workers.
- The $900 billion bill’s full text has not yet been released, but a summary obtained by Business Insider shows the highlights beyond transportation relief.
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US airlines, struggling with their ninth month of severely depressed passenger numbers, are set to get $15 billion in federal aid under a tentative deal reached by lawmakers Sunday night.
The payroll funding is part of a $900 billion relief package that’s expected to come to a vote Monday, and is similar to the funds given to carriers from the first round of coronavirus legislation, which expired on October 1. The amount can likely fund the sector through March, CNBC reported.
Since that first $25 billion ran out, airlines have furloughed more than 32,000 workers, according to Reuters. The text of Sunday’s agreement has yet to be released, but CNBC reports that the language will likely require airlines to bring back all of the furloughed workers.
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Employees will also be paid retroactively to December 1, a congressional aide told Reuters, and the workers cannot be furloughed again until March 31. Funds could take 10 days to reach airlines, the wire service also reported.
The good news did little to impress airline investors or markets at large, especially in the face of ever-increasing infection numbers and news of a new, quickly spreading strain of the virus out of the United Kingdom. An index that tracks airline stock prices fell about 3.6% in trading Monday, outpacing the benchmark index’s 1.7% fall.
Over the past seven days, Transportation Security Administration airport checkpoints have screened 36% of the average passenger numbers from a year prior, according to agency data.
Monday’s package is also likely to include funding for airports, airport vendors, and state and local transportation agencies.
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