Aviation Daily Roundup: April 2
April 02, 2020![](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2020-04/boeing_building_source_boeing.jpg?itok=Y3Z6RuWY)
Boeing Seeks Volunteer Layoffs, Foreshadows Production Changes
Credit: Credit: Boeing
Boeing is offering a voluntary layoff plan in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and acknowledges its product portfolio may change—and likely decrease—as the coronavirus pandemic drives a historic halt across aerospace and aviation.
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Air New Zealand Suspends Almost All Domestic Services
Credit: Joe Pries
Air New Zealand has cut its domestic capacity by 95% as new COVID-19 restrictions prevent most travel in its local market.
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Emirates To Restart Limited Passenger Flights
Credit: Rob Finlayson
Emirates Airline will restart some passenger services in the coming week, the company’s chairman said April 2.
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Lufthansa In Talks Over Government Loans, Shareholding
Credit: Lufthansa
Lufthansa is in talks with the German government about various forms of financial assistance in the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
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U.S. Airline Payroll Grants To Bolster Liquidity Through Year-End, Analysts Say
Credit: Joe Pries
The pot of $25 billion in federal workforce grants being doled out to U.S. passenger carriers would provide them enough liquidity to ride out the COVID-19 crisis until year end, a team of Moody’s analysts have concluded.
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COVID-19: Middle East And Africa Market Update
Credit: Rob Finlayson
Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
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Regional Carriers Vulnerable Without Government Cash, Airline CEO Says
Credit: Express Jet
It will be “virtually impossible” for regional airlines to survive the COVID-19 crisis without government support, ExpressJet CEO Subodh Karnik has told Routes.
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