Financial projections released by an airport trade group show that U.S. airports will lose at least $17 billion due to the pandemic.
A Jan. 14 report from the Airports Council International – North America (ACI-NA) found that between April 2021 and March 2022, airports will continue to lose revenue due to prolonged declines in commercial aviation traffic as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Those losses are in addition to the $23 billion airports are expected to lose between March 2020 and March 2021.