UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has temporarily suspended flights from London Gatwick, instead focusing its London operations on London Heathrow, and has flown its first ever all-cargo flight.

A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, pulled into Guam during a deployment because of a growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus spreading among sailors throughout the decks.

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Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has abruptly stopped its significant growth strategy for 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Singapore finance minister Heng Swee Keat has announced the country’s second round of financial relief worth S$48 billion ($33.1 billion) to tide the country through the COVID-19 disruption. 

Embraer said it expects a further delay in the closure of a deal for Boeing to purchase its commercial aircraft business as it recorded a strong year in its executive jet division in 2019.  

China will cut air services to every foreign country to a minimum of one weekly flight per airline, as the country tries to avoid re-importing COVID-19.

Alaska Airlines announced plans to cut its schedule by 70% in April and May, citing the “historic and unprecedented falloff in demand” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.