China News Service, September 30. According to the "Central News Agency" report, the US Treasury Department announced on the 29th that it has reached a rescue agreement with the seven major US airlines and will provide loans to help them cope with the new crown epidemic crisis and avoid layoffs.
On March 23, local time, at the Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, American Airlines planes crowded on a runway.
In response to the spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, airport flights have been reduced.
American Airlines and United Airlines have just announced layoffs.
The US Treasury Department’s statement on the 29th did not specify whether the relevant agreement was sufficient to allow the two companies to cancel the layoff plan.
In addition to American Airlines and United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Hawaiian Airlines and Sky West Airlines have signed loan agreements with the Trump administration.
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines are not in the agreement, and the two companies have indicated that they will not participate.
Under the new crown epidemic, the US Congress passed a 2.2 trillion US dollar COVID-19 relief plan in March 2020, of which 25 billion US dollars will be used as loans for major airlines.
Before the US Treasury Department announced its aid plan on the 29th, American Airlines said it would cut 19,000 people.
United Airlines reached an agreement with the union on the 28th to avoid unpaid leave for its 2,850 pilots, but it is still expected to allow other 13,000 staff to take unpaid leave as soon as October 1, including air and ground crews. personnel.