NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases a comment on the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak in China and beyond, and its potential impact on the airline industry.
The commercial airline industry is cyclical and continually faces many challenges including volatile oil prices, weak economic conditions, labor issues, and competition. However, the industry is also vulnerable to event risks such as terrorism, pandemics, political instability, and natural disasters—all of which could curtail passenger travel in a very short time following a major event.
KBRA notes that while external shocks are often followed by a decline in passenger travel, such drops have been temporary and passenger growth has rebounded quickly. That said, the impact on revenues for affected airlines, while temporary, has in most cases led to consequences for these airlines’ credit profiles and access to capital markets—even if in the short term. Further, airlines globally are at risk of a change in consumer travel behavior as a result of the coronavirus.
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