<h1>Proposal for standardized Airline Health Score to assess carriers' financial, operational and safety creditworthiness for risk-based payment terms</h1> A state submitted a working paper to an international civil aviation body proposing a standardized Airline Health Score framework to assess airlines' financial, operational and safety status, enabling a globally accepted creditworthiness evaluation. The proposal seeks a data-driven, transparent methodology using metrics like on-time performance, cancellations, fleet age and revenue per available seat kilometre, and recommends a formal study and a multistakeholder working group including airlines' and airports' associations and financial institutions. The framework would enable tiered, risk-based payment terms (prepayment for low-rated carriers, extended credit for high-rated carriers), offer dispute-resolution and transitional support, and aim to reduce airports' receivables exposure.