IAG-owned British Airways is expected to announce a suspension of about 36,000 of its employees, BBC News reported on Wednesday.

Paris Orly airport, France's biggest airport for domestic flights, will shut down starting from Tuesday midnight until further notice as air traffic dwindles amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) Monday announced that it will sell fewer tickets to ensure social distancing to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

As the coronavirus is spreading in United States and most Chinese cities have reported no more new cases, some Chinese parents are paying tens of thousands of dollars for private jets to get their children out of the US and back to China because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published new analysis showing that airlines may burn through US$61 billion of their cash reserves during the second quarter ending 30 June 2020, while posting a quarterly net loss of US$39 billion.

VariFlight has released its latest report analyzing the global aviation operation amid COVID-19, in which the aviation data intelligence provides a deep dive into the pandemic's influences on the industry.

Although there is an overall increase in freight hours of airlines in mainland China, the country's air cargo capacity still fall behind global top cargo airlines in daily aircraft utilization due to slot limits, according to VariFlight, China's leading aviation data technology provider.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to accelerate and cause damage to global aviation, VariFlight has compiled its latest report on the statuses of the industry in hard-hit countries and regions, with data last updated on Mar 30, 2020.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday announced a partnership between the United Kingdom government and airlines to repatriate its citizens stranded abroad due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Airbus has deployed a new air-bridge flight between Europe and China to deliver additional face mask supplies to France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom health systems in support of the COVID-19 crisis efforts.