Lawmakers want airfreight handler to return $170 million in COVID-19 funds

Air cargo contractor Swissport USA, which has operations in 16 of the busiest U.S. airports, faces questions from lawmakers for accepting $170.4 million in federal relief funds after laying off thousands of workers.

In a July 29 letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, three committee leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives contended that the Payroll Support Program (PSP) was intended to save jobs affected by the coronavirus pandemic, “not provide a corporate bailout.”

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