FILE IMAGE: Delta Air Lines guest airplanes are seen parked due to flight reductions made to slow the spread of coronavirus illness (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. March 25,2020 REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Image
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fifteen U.S. airline companies were approved final government approval on Wednesday to briefly stop service to 75 domestic airports as travel need has been crushed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Transport Department said all airports would continue to be served by at least one air provider. Despite some objections to a tentative list made public on May 22, the government did not make any modifications.
The U.S. airline company market has actually been granted $25 billion in government payroll support grants to assist weather the pandemic. While carriers