US Bill seeks additional aid for airlines

Republican Senators in the US have introduced a bill that would give the ailing airline industry more than $28 billion in additional aid. The bill comes just ten days before airlines are allowed to cut jobs following the end of the $32bn CARES package that protected workers until the end of September. The new bill – which would provide from $11 billion in new aid and more than $17 billion in funding and loans that went unused in the last bill – would also protect jobs until the end of March 2021. “We’re grateful for the continued show of broad,