LISBON - Portugal`s flag carrier TAP Air Portugal will temporarily lay off around 90% of its employees because of the coronavirus crisis that led to a collapse in demand for travel, according to an email sent by the airline to staff on Tuesday and seen by Reuters.

LONDON - Britain`s temporary hospitals are seeking volunteers from airlines, calling on cabin crew members who are currently grounded to use their first-aid skills and calm manner to help get the new Nightingale hospitals up and running. Britain is developing three hospitals from the scratch.

SYDNEY - Major global airlines projected layoffs, furloughs and capacity cuts over the next few months, with Air New Zealand on Tuesday warning it expected staffing levels to be 30 percent lower than it is now, due to the coronavirus pandemic - and others applying for state aid.

LONDON - British budget airline Easyjet has grounded its fleet of 344 planes and has no clear idea when it might resume flights, it said on Monday, highlighting the strain on airlines trying to survive the coronavirus pandemic. The airline might cut back on its tally of outstanding plane orders.

DUBAI - IAG investor Qatar Airways will have to seek government support eventually, Chief Executive Akbar al-Baker told Reuters on Sunday, warning that the Middle East carrier could soon run out of the cash needed to continue flying. The airline maintained operations throughout the crisis.

KUALA LUMPUR - Female flight attendants working for Japan Airlines will be allowed to wear trousers and abandon high heels next month, the company said on Thursday, after a feminist campaign took off. Japan Airlines is the the first to change its policy on dress code and footwear requirements.

LONDON - Britain is continuing talks with the aviation industry about how best to support the sector, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and pilots union Balpa said this week, reviving the prospect of a sector-specific support package that had seemed to be on hold only a few days earlier.

SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines said it had secured up to S$19 billion ($13 billion) of funding to help see it through the coronavirus crisis and expand afterward, in a sign of confidence travel demand will eventually return. It is the single biggest Covid-19 financing package announced by an airline.

WASHINGTON - U.S. airlines are preparing to tap the government for up to $25 billion in grants to cover payroll in a sharp travel downturn triggered by the coronavirus, even after the government warned it may take stakes in exchange for bailout funds, people familiar with the matter said.

BEIJING - China has ordered airlines to sharply cut the number of flights in and out of the country out of concern that travellers from overseas could reignite the coronavirus outbreak that paralysed the country for two months. Arriving passengers will be subjected to a strict quarantine regime of 14 days.

LONDON - Delta Air Lines, Air New Zealand and Lufthansa are the latest passenger airlines to say they would offer cargo charter services on passenger planes to boost revenue as the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to give its carriers $58 billion in aid, including payroll support.

LONDON - Britain has told airlines it will only consider stepping in to help them survive the coronavirus crisis once they have explored the possibility of raising capital from other sources including existing investors. Airlines shall tap "shareholders, lenders and the markets" before a possible bail out.

DUBLIN - Ryanair on Tuesday said it does not expect to operate flights in April or May and has offered its aircraft to European governments for rescue or the essential movement of medicines and personal protective equipment. The airline will ground almost its entire fleet amid coronavirus outbreak.

MILAN - The Italian government plans to take control of loss-making carrier Alitalia in a month or so, creating a new company that will start off with a much smaller fleet, union sources said on Monday. The coronavirus effects see Alitalia`s cash reserves erode at an ever faster pace.

WASHINGTON - This money comes with strings attached: Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday proposed giving struggling U.S. airlines and contractors $40 billion in cash grants that would not have to be paid back but require significant new environmental, labor and other conditions.

ATLANTA - As airlines idle thousands of aircraft for which there are no passengers, they are hitting an unprecedented problem: finding a place to park them. Taxiways, maintenance hangars and even runways at major airports are being transformed into giant parking lots for more than 2,500 airliners.

LONDON - The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) has warned that UK airlines will be winding down this week and staff will be laid off before the Government support scheme is ready. Pilots suggest direct "state investment" for airlines to avoid a "collapse" of the industry in the UK.

ABU DHABI - The UAE close their airports for nearly all passenger operations. Abu Dhabi`s Etihad Airways will survive the "unprecedented times" of the coronavirus epidemic, it`s chief executive said in a video released, a day after the industry`s largest body warned that Middle East airlines were in crisis.

DUBAI - Emirates, one of the world's biggest international airlines, will ground its entire passenger fleet this week and cut staff wages by as much as half because of the coronavirus and its impact on travel demand. The state-owned Dubai carrier had already announced the suspension of nearly 70% of its network.

LONDON - British Airways pilots will be required to take two weeks' unpaid leave in both April and May while rival easyJet is reported to have asked staff to take three months' unpaid leave as the battered aviation sector frantically seeks to cut costs.