With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.

NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission team is relaxing previous plans to descend to the surface of its target, called Bennu, to gather surface pebbles and soil for return to Earth, in part due to work constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has taken the next steps to receive €767 million ($833 million) in financial assistance from the state to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

Alaska’s ‘national airline’ expects to exit Chapter 11 and be acquired.

FRANKFURT—The German government is in the final stages of negotiating a support package for Lufthansa that would give the airline access to around €9 billion ($9.9 billion) in new liquidity, coming just in time to avoid a possible insolvency process.

Ecuador’s president has revealed that loss-making national carrier TAME is to be liquidated, but essential routes that do not have a private sector operator will continue.

Following Air France’s decision to retire its Airbus A380 fleet immediately, Routes assesses the impact on the carrier’s network.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.