Delta Air Lines will operate daily, scheduled all-cargo service connecting the U.S., South Korea and China starting April 16 to transport medical supplies to healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The unprecedented U.S. Cares Act to provide funding for businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis will fall well short of covering airline running costs in the country, according to the CEO of Republic Airways.

The terms of the agreement in principle reached between 10 airlines and the U.S. Treasury Department regarding $25 billion in payroll assistance provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act surprised industry-watchers, many of whom had previously expected the aid to consist entirely of grants.

Shortage of passenger-aircraft belly space prompted a surge in mainland Chinese freighter operations in March, even as general airline activity remained depressed, figures from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) showed.

Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission, successfully carried out a 4-hr. series of spacecraft maneuvers and deployments on April 14, preliminary data show.

The White House has selected the chief executives from General Dynamics, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies to serve on the “Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups.”

Turkish Airlines has extended its suspension of international flying by a further 19 days until May 20 in line with decisions taken by the authorities in Turkey  to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country. 

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