IATA: Airlines will 'just barely' deliver a return on invested capital in 2019

IATA SVP financial and distribution services Aleks Popovich commented (22-Aug-2019) that the association expects the airline industry will "just barely" deliver a return on invested capital for a record fifth year. In Jun-2019 IATA downgraded its outlook to a net profit of USD28 billion, with a profit per passenger of USD6.12. [more - original PR]