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CARES Act Payroll Support to Air Carriers

and Contractors



Updated September 15, 2020
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic SecurityAct (CARES Act; P.L. 116-136), signed into law on
March 27, 2020, provided assistance to consumers and businesses, including aid to air carriers and
eligible contractors. Emergency funds also were provided to eligible airports. Assistance to air carriers in
Division A, Title IV of the CARES Act included loans and loan guarantees, funds to support the pay and
benefits of air carrier workers, and a suspension of aviation excise taxes on air transport of people, cargo,
and aviation fuel through calendar year 2020. This Insight focuses on the payroll support program (PSP).
Section 4112 of the CARES Act provided $32 billion in payroll support to aviation workers. From this
amount, the Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to provide up to
    *  $25 billion for passenger air carriers (any air carrier that, during the period from April 1,
       2019, to September 30, 2020, derived more than 50% of its air transportation revenue
       from the transportation of passengers);
    *  $4 billion for cargo air carriers (any air carrier that, during the period fromApril 1, 2019,
       to September 30, 2020, derived more than 50% of its air transportation revenue from the
       transportation of property or mail, or both); and
    *  $3 billion for contractors who provide ground services directly to air carriers, such as
       catering services or on-airport functions.
The law specified that the amount received by each air carrier or contractor was to be based on its payroll
expenses for the six-month period from April through September 2019, and that the payroll support funds
must be used exclusively for continuing the payment of employee wages, salaries, and benefits. The law
also required that air carriers or contractors receiving payroll support must refrain from conducting
involuntary layoffs or furloughs or reducing pay rates and benefits from the day the payroll support
agreement was executed until September 30, 2020.
According to the CARES Act, air carriers and contractors receiving payroll support also must comply
with other program terms and conditions, including continuation of certain air service deemed necessary
by the Secretary of Transportation, refraining from stock buybacks or dividend payments through
September 30, 2021, and limiting the compensation of highly paid employees until March 24, 2022.


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