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Is this an actual question? I’ll answer it anyway: because they had nothing to do with financial market risk shenanigans and just wanted to get somewhere.

If a customer hasn't taken their flight yet, they are a creditor.

I’m no expert, but a bit of googling tells us.

The laws around bankruptcy define the priority of who gets paid and in what order:

- Secured Claims

- Unsecured Priority Claims

- Unsecured Non-Priority Claims (General Unsecured)

- Equity Security Interests

Each layer has to be paid in full before the next layer.

Unsecured Priority Claims - this includes customers who have paid for services.

The customers are creditors.