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Airline Bailout Tracker This European bailout tracker reflects the most up to date public information available at the time it was published on June 9, 2021. Financial data based on research by Profundo.

Company Bailout amount Financial results Sources Amount Binding Net profits (mln €) Dividends + share buybacks (mln €) 2018 Airline/ Amount (mln €) - climate Country of Passen subsidiarie (mln €) - Under Status conditions Type Details registration gers 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Total 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Total (mln) s Agreed discussi Private on dividend ban Guardian, 6 April An initial government loan of GBP 2020 600m (ca €670m) was provided at No , 11 EasyJet UK 88.5 EasyJet 2240 Agreed Loan the start of the crisis, followed with a 393 402 246 505 742 2288 214 281 195 272 421 1383 dividends January 2021 government backed loan of GBP 1,4 bn (ca €1,570m) in January 2021.

One-quarter of ’s rescue package for (loan guarantee e24, 20 April Regional Regional Loan of NOK 6 billion ($549 million)) will 2020 Norway 121 Agreed No condition ------carriers carriers guarantee be divided between Widerøe, which Aeronautics, 20 offers key regional service, and other March 2020 small operators. Total pot of €455m has been made available to all airlines registered in . SAS has been loaned €137m and that has been deducted Euractiv, 13 April All airlines All airlines Loan from this amount and included in the 2020 operating in Sweden operating 318 Agreed No condition ------guarantee overall support provided to SAS by Finans, 17 March Sweden in Sweden Sweden and other countries, detailed 2020 the row below. The remaining €318m remains available for SAS and other Swedish airlines. State recapitalisation of SAS of up to EC approval, 17 SEK 11 billion (approximately €1 August 2020 billion), of which about SEK 6 billion (approximately €583 million) will be provided by and SEK 5 Süddeutsche Sweden Credit billion (approximately €486 million) Zeitung, 8 April SAS Denmark 28.8 SAS 1130 Agreed No condition 58 154 118 133 102 565 0 0 0 0 0 0 guarantee by Sweden. This replaced €177m in 2020 Norway loans provided by Sweden and April 2020 Denmark, however it appears that FlightGlobal, 20 the €130m loan from Norway March 2020 remains unaffected, creating a total Regjeringen.no, of €1.130m 19 March 2020 The TUI Group has received in total €4.3bn from the German state for its airline, cruise, and travel No dividend agency operations. While the group Bloomberg, 2 payments is made up of different activities, it is December 2021 for the impossible to know what share will TUI Group 26 TUI Group 3526 Agreed Loan 532 775 911 465 408 3091 1176 1374 382 370 329 3631 Süddeutsche duration of go to the airline sector. However, its Zeiting, 8 April the bridge Q1 2020 releaved that 82% of its 2020 loan revenue came from "Markets and Airlines" and on that basis, €3.526bn (82% of €4.3bn) was added to this tracker. Financial conditions relating to The Guardian 4 debt/equity levels were attached to May 2020 these loans. Norwegian shareholders Rappler 4 May, have backed up a plan to hand 2020 majority ownership to the airline’s Norwegian Norwegian Loan creditors, which will allow to unlock Aeronautics, Norway 37 277 Agreed No condition -147 -182 125 26 -118 -296 0 0 0 0 0 0 Airlines guarantee full state aid. Norwegian Airlines 20 March requested more public money in November 2020 but Norway's 2020 government refused, considered it Norwegian, 2015 was too “risky” for the taxpayers and BBC, 9 November 2020 “not defensible”. 20 may The government provided 2020 guarantees to 90% of a €600m loan, Finlex, 26 April then the parliament approved a 2020 Agreed Credit mandate of up to €700m for Finnish & guarantee recapitalisation arrangements. government, 29 Finnair 13.3 Finnair 1237 63 Under No condition Recapitali €286m were used for direct 102 169 85 90 -83 363 39 38 17 - - 94 April 2020 discus- sation, recapitalisation and €351m for a Finnish sion loan hybrid loan, both agreed by the . A further government, 20 €63m of public money is still March 2020 available. EC ,12 March 2021 received a €550m state loan from the German government: a loan of €294m as corona-aid and €256m Forbes, 27 April Condor Germany 9.4 Condor 550 Agreed No condition Loan ------to refinance the bridging loan the 2020 airline received following the 2019 bankruptcy of Thomas Cook. announces that it has received confirmation that it is an WizzAir Wizz Air 33,81 Wizz Air 344 Agreed No condition Loan eligible issuer under the UK 295 276 246 193 183 1193 0 0 0 0 0 0 announcement, Government's Covid Corporate 21 April 2020 Financing Facility (CCFF) The government will take a 20% share in the airline in return for €9bn in equity and loans which can increase to 25% plus 1 share if is subject to a hostile takeover bid. will also appoint Spiegel Manger No dividend. Loan / two independent representatives to Magazine 18 Germany 142.3 Lufthansa 6840 Agreed No climate Partial the supervisory board. ' 2196 2374 1803 1722 75 8170 380 377 234 232 - 1223 August 2020 condition takeover airlines aid by , Swiss Euractiv June Airlines bailout by and 2nd 2020 aid by are deducted from the German amount, after German fund WSF approval and the Federal Ministry's declaration. No dividends and manager Austrian Airlines will be required to bonus. reduce total emissions by 30% by Some 2030 from 2005 levels, though Lufthansa climate European enforceability unclear; Flights where conditions, Commission, 6 AG train under 3hrs exists will be unclear how Part of Lufthansa AG July 2020 ORF, Lufthansa Austrian State aid banned; a minimum price (€40) for Austria 14.7 450 Agreed binding, and 28 April 2020 AG Airlines and loan tickets will be introduced; 2% further (2019) blending mandate for alternative fuel, ORF, 8 April 2020 measures though timeline and type of fuel Euractiv, 17 April introduced unclear. In addition to the €290m 2020 by loan, the parent company Lufthansa government, will provide €150m support. though not aligned with 1,5 climate goal. Swiss Parliament gave green light to a €1,4bn loan and guarantee to the Swiss airlines.

Condition from the Swiss Swiss No Switzerland 20.4 1420 Agreed Loan government: state aid must remain in Part of Lufthansa AG Airlines dividends 24, 6 Switzerland and jobs are retained. The government forbade dividends May 2020 or other payments by carriers until the assistance has been repaid. In addition to the €290m loan, the European Brussels Belgium 9 290 Agreed No condition Loan parent company Lufthansa will Part of Lufthansa AG Commission, 21 Airlines provide €170m support. August 2020 Loan from HM Treasury and Bank of England's coronavirus corporate finance facility at pre-crisis Bank of England British UK 47 2553 Agreed No condition Loan commercial interest rates. A further Guardian, 7 May Airways loan of £2bn (€2.21bn) was granted 2020 Internatio- to IAG by the British government on nal Airline the last day of 2020. Group The five-year loans will be Reuters, 1 May Spain 21.4 750 Agreed No condition Loan channelled via a syndication of Part of IAG 2020 banks The five-year loans will be Reuters, 1 May Spain 32.8 260 Agreed No condition Loan channelled via a syndication of Part of IAG 2020 banks No dividend Recapitali In May 2020, the French government , 17 Air until the sation, agreed to a €7bn bailout plan, November 2020. France 101.5 8000 Agreed 407 150 529 136 -173 1049 0 0 0 0 0 0 KLM Group recapitalisat hybrid including €4bn guaranteed loan and Le Monde; 25 ion has been instrument €3bn direct loan. April 2020

Airline Bailout Tracker This European airline bailout tracker reflects the most up to date public information available at the time it was published on June 9, 2021. Financial data based on research by Profundo. reimbursed. and loan They have not attached any binding La Tribune, 8 No legally guarantee climate or social strings. The climate April 2020 binding conditions are either insufficient (- Air France-KLM climate 50% emissions from domestic flights conditions by 2024) or even problematic (eg. at this stage biofuels). The decision to limit short (weak haul flights where there is a train conditions under 2.5 hours is equivalent to a under 0.5% reduction in emissions of French air traffic. discussion) In France, companies benefiting from loan guarantee are asked by the government to not distribute dividends, but there is no legal constraint. In April 2021, a second Air France bailout was announced. The French State will convert its €3bn direct loan into a hybrid instrument. Another €1bn will come from a capital increase. The Dutch government will direclty loan KLM €1bn, and will guarantee a further €2.4bn of loans. There are no binding climate commitments, though KLM has increased its CO2 per passenger km target from -15% by Le Monde, 17 Agreed/ 2030 on 2005 levels to -50%. Loan and November 2020 The Under However a CO2 per passenger km 34,2 KLM 3400 1000 No condition loan ------Rijksoverheid NL, discus- target will not cap or decrease guarantee 26 June 2020 sion overall emissions from the airline, and is therefore far short of what the Agreement requires. The company is seeking another 4 billion from the governments and 1 billion could come from the Dutch government according to Le Monde. has received a 600mln GBP The Guardian; Ryanair Ireland 139 670 Agreed No condition Loan loan from the UK Covid-19 corporate 885 1450 1316 1559 867 6077 532 829 1018 1104 112 3595 18th May 2020 financing facility As an airline which was facing financial difficulties prior to the crisis, it was eligble for this loan only under European SATA Air SATA Air the restructuring aid guidelines. At Portugal 133 Agreed No condition Loan Commission, 18 Açores 0.73 Açores the same time, the Commission is August 2020 investigating whether other aid granted to the airline meets criteria established in 2014. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Portugal's plans to grant a €1.2 billion rescue loan in favour of European TAP Portugal 15,8 TAP 1200 Agreed No condition Agreed Transportes Aéreos Portugueses Commission, 10 SGPS S.A. (“TAP”). The measure June 2020 will provide TAP with the necessary resources to address its immediate liquidity needs. Following this aid, the Latvian state’s Recapitali- Air Baltic, 7 May Air Baltic Latvia 5 Air Baltic 250 Agreed No condition shareholding in airBaltic will increase sation 2020 from 80.05% to 91% Combined with previous European Recapitali- investments, the total sum invested 2,2 Nordica 30 Agreed No condition Commission 11 sation in the airline by the Estonia government has risen to €155m August 2020 European Loan 5,2 Blue Air 62 Agreed No condition Approved as a loan guarantee. Comission, 20 guarantee August 2020 The government has earmarked €3 billion for . That is Euractiv 11 subject to agreement by the EC. September 2020 Agreed/ Additionnally, the EC has to decide Reuters, 07 May Under State aid/ on the 21.3 Alitalia 297 3000 No condition Alitalia has been accumulating significant losses and has stopped publishing financial statements 2020 discus- Takeover €1.3 billion state aid that was already European sion granted to Alitalia in 2017 and 2019. To date, for purpose of coronavirus Commission, 26 relief, the European Commission has March 2021 approved €297m in aid to the airline. On November 3, 2020, the Spanish government approved two credits for : a loan worth €235 million and another participatory loan of €240 million. But on November 9 To be 2020, Spanish newspaper ABC Aerotime 16 Air Europa Spain 11,5 Air Europa 475 Agreed No condition deter- reported that Air Europa might not be November 2020 mined receiving the bailouts, as the Spanish governement expects the company to be bought by Iberia Ailrines. The aid must also be approved by the European Commission. The government and several parties have agreed to set aside DKK 260 mln for domestic routes and lower Danish Danish taxes mainly. In a sub-agreement, parties have decided to use DKK 27 airlines and airlines million to help the Danish airlines small Denmark and small 34,9 Agreed No condition State Aid DR 25 June 2020 with operating costs to maintain their regional regional license for commercial flight, and airports DKK 28 million will be used to support the smaller, regional Danish airports, which have an operating loss in 2020. The Polish government has worked on a bailout of 2.9 billion złoty (ca Loan and Schengenvisainf €650 million), coming as a 1.8 billion Lot 8,9 Lot 650 Agreed No condition recapitalis onews, 29 złoty loan and 1.1 billion złoty ation recapitalization. The plan was December 2020 agreed by the EC. Approved as a loan guarantee. The measure aims to compensate the airline for the losses directly caused by the coronavirus outbreak and the European Loan TAROM Romania 2,75 TAROM 19.3 Agreed No condition travel restrictions introduced by Commission, 5 guarantee Romania and other destination October 2020 countries to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the period between 16 March 2020 and 30 June 2020. he measure aims at compensating the airline for the losses directly caused by the coronavirus outbreak European Croatia Croatia and the travel restrictions introduced Croatia 11,7 Agreed No condition State aid Commission, 1 Airlines Airlines by Croatia and other destination December 2020 countries to limit the spread of the coronavirus in the period between 19 March 2020 and 30 June 2020 The EC approved on December 23rd European Aegean Aegean 120 Agreed No condition State aid 2020 a direct grant of 120€mln from Commission, 23 Airlines Airlines the Greek state. December 2020 In total, financing of €297mln will be provided by the French state (€141mln), TUI group (€126mln) and Corsair buyers (€30mln) to reinforce the France Info, 17 France Corsair 141 Agreed No condition State aid International airline's cash flow and equity. The December 2020 agreement will be examined on December 1st by the Tribunal de commerce de Créteil. TOTAL

AGREED 37799.9 TOTAL UNDER 4063 DISCUSSION

TOTAL 41862.9