US Senate Offers $58 Billion Aid to Airlines as They Struggle to Stay Airborne

The U.S. Senate offered struggling airlines unprecedented aid worth $58 billion that will helping cover their staff wages.
US Senate Offers $58 Billion Aid to Airlines as They Struggle to Stay Airborne
Delta Air Lines passenger planes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of the CCP virus (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 25, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
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The U.S. Senate offered struggling airlines unprecedented aid worth $58 billion that will helping cover their staff wages, as carriers around the world seek state support and turn passenger planes into cargo liners in their desperate bid for revenues.

The CCP virus crisis has ravaged the travel industry and grounded many of the world’s planes, prompting governments to take previously unthinkable steps to prevent bankruptcies, ranging from state handouts to temporarily halting competition rules.