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The world's airlines have been caught up in the coronavirus crisis; as travel bans and warnings were put into place, the number of flyers has dwindled to unprecedented levels and revenue has declined with it.
Aviation editor Robert Silk has been covering the situation, and on this episode of the Folo by Travel Weekly he talks with managing editor Rebecca Tobin and Rob Fixmer (who has recently retired as editor) about the airline's rescue package and how it's evolved, the strings attached, what the airlines are doing now from an operations standpoint, and what they might do in the future.
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