Queensland Government offers Virgin Australia conditional $A200 million

The Queensland state government has offered Virgin Australia a conditional $200 million bailout ($127.3 million, €117.1 million £101.9 million). One of the conditions include Virgin keeping it’s headquarters in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. Other conditions include the Australian Government backing the airline, debt restructuring, shareholders and bondholders “doing their bit” and ongoing regional flights.…

Boeing to resume commercial airplanes production

Boeing will resume all Commercial Airplanes production in a phased approach at its Puget Sound-region facilities next week, after suspending operations last month in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At all of its sites, the company has taken extra precautions and instituted comprehensive procedures to keep people safe and fight the spread of COVID-19. “The…

FAA bars active pilots from taking chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine

Pilots are prohibited within two days of flying from experimenting with two yet unproven medications to prevent coronavirus infection, the Federal Aviation Administration has determined. “Use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine to prevent coronavirus infection is disqualifying while on the medication and for 48 hours after the last dose before reporting for flight or other safety…