Airlines Are Asking for Billions in Bailout Money—and So Is Everyone Else

They've requested more than $50 billion in the wake of coronavirus

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As talks between the White House, Congress and America’s C-suite intensify with the spread of the coronavirus, the U.S. airline industry is poised for a bailout that it hopes will return planes to the skies when the crisis is over.

While the size and scale of the coronavirus epidemic are unprecedented, the industry is no stranger to the legislative halls of Washington, D.C. After 9/11, the airline industry was decimated, seeing losses of roughly $34 billion.

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