An Air France counter in Havana (Cuba), March 27, 2020. - Fabien Dupoux / SIPA

Like a wingless airplane  sings Charlélie Couture. So that this does not happen to Air France, the State will grant the airline company 7 billion euros in loans to overcome the crisis linked to the Covid-19. These loans will be broken down into 4 billion bank loans guaranteed by the state and 3 billion direct loans from the state, said Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Economy and Finance during an interview on TF1, Friday evening.

"We must save our national company," said Bruno Le Maire, describing this plan as "historic". The minister said that nationalization was not on the agenda.

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