Polish Aviation Group PGL officially dropped its bid to buy German leisure carrier Condor amid the coronavirus crisis. 

The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead for the Swedish government’s plans to provide SEK5 billion ($500 million) of support to airlines affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines joint-venture airline SunExpress will switch 18 of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft to freight operations while passenger flights remain suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has announced 1,000 job redundancies and pay cuts that will last until March 2021, in preparation for the wider financial impact of COVID-19.

Kazakhstan airlines have lost KZT235 billion ($549 million) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development said April 13. 

The Pentagon has issued a $415 million contract for N95 critical decontamination units to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.

PARIS—Air France-KLM is reportedly hoping to negotiate state-backed loans worth €10 billion ($11 billion) to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis that has cut its activity by around 90%.

IATA has revised downwards its 2020 economic forecast for the global airline industry.