On March 4, 2020, China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAV) jointly issued a notice on offering financial support to airlines amid COVID-19 outbreak. As per the notice, direct cash incentives will be poured into supporting domestic and foreign carriers which operate international flights to/from China, in an effort to help them proactively respond to the impact of the epidemic on the industry and encourage the resumption or continuous operation of their international flights.

China on Wednesday rolled out cash support to both domestic and foreign carriers to encourage them to restore services and stop suspending flights during the coronavirus outbreak.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is contacting aviation regulators worldwide to request that the rules governing use of airport slots be suspended immediately and for the 2020 season, due to the impact of COVID-19 (the Coronavirus).

The United Nations is weighing restrictions for a scheme designed to help airlines offset their carbon emissions, curbing industry funding for older projects whose environmental benefits have been disputed by climate activists.

China civil aviation authority has been working closely with countries hit by the novel coronavirus outbreak to make unified epidemic prevention and control standards in an effort to curb its spread.

Flights between China and South Korea, as well as between China and Japan, have been reduced due to the fast spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the two countries, according to Civil Aviation Administration of China.

US universities are using measures ranging from videoconferencing to online assignments to help Chinese students whose study plans have been disrupted by recent travel restrictions.

China is considering measures such as direct cash infusions and mergers to bail out an airline industry crippled by the coronavirus outbreak, according to people familiar with the matter.

EU competition regulators on Monday widened their investigation into additional incentives granted by Spanish authorities to Ryanair and other airlines operating at two airports in Catalonia, concerned that they may have an unfair advantage.

Global experts have argued against imposing travel restrictions on China during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying such measures are groundless, ineffective and against humanity.