Figure of US$6.5 billion in loans for Air France KLM 'not unrealistic': minister

A figure of 6 billion euros in loans to help Air France KLM amid the coronavirus crisis is"not unrealistic", French junior transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Logo of Air France KLM Group is pictured on the first Air France airliner's Airbus A350 during a ceremony at the aircraft builder's headquarters of Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File PhotoPARIS: A figure of 6 billion euros in loans to help Air France KLM amid the coronavirus crisis is"not unrealistic", French junior transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Wednesday.

"You are talking about an amount which is not unrealistic, I can confirm that," Djebbari told LCI TV, adding the possible aid package for the airlines group was being discussed by the French finance ministry and the Dutch state."It is being discussed with Bercy services, the Agence des Participations de l'Etat and our Dutch counterparts," he added.

Sources have told Reuters that Air France-KLM is in talks with banks to receive up to 6 billion euros in loans guaranteed by the French and Dutch governments as it braces for a sustained coronavirus shutdown.Governments around the world are scrambling to prop up airlines at risk of bankruptcy as the pandemic gathers pace, gutting travel demand and bringing air traffic to a near-standstill.

"We must be cautious as we face an unprecedented situaion which changes every day ... We are working on several scenarios but one cannot say what will be air transport activity in coming months nor what will be the health of air transport companies," he added.

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