Airlines Are on Pace for Their Worst Year Since 2014

IATA expects airlines' costs to grow 7.4% this year, outpacing the 6.5% anticipated growth in sales. That means airlines will make about 11% less on each passenger in 2019 than they made in 2018.
June 4, 2019

New York (CNN Business)High fuel prices, an international trade war, and the 737 Max grounding are adding up to a miserable 2019 for the airline industry. Airlines are bracing for their worst year since 2014.

The aviation industry expects to earn $28 billion in profit this year, according to a forecast released Sunday by the International Air Transport Association, a global trade group representing 290 airlines. That income outlook is 21% lower than the association's previous 2019 forecast, which it issued in December. It would be the lowest profit the industry has recorded in five years.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/business/airline-profit/index.html

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