Global airline earnings are set to suffer their first annual decline in six years after reaching a record in 2016 as higher oil prices clip margins, according to the industry’s main trade group.
Net income is likely to total $29.8 billion worldwide in 2017, the International Air Transport Association said in a statement Thursday. That’s 16 percent lower than the $35.6 billion forecast for this year, a figure that itself represents a downward revision from the $39.4 billion estimated in June.
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