If taxpayer money is used, it won’t be to bailout the Airlines but to save the employees (in NZ anyway).
Air NZ and QF both have money in the Bank... not necessarily the case for their employees however who can be offered LWOP or face being laid off.
The NZ Government is putting together a massive fund to help save jobs and businesses survive the coming months.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12316806