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  • A passenger (L) hands his passport to an employee as he checks in at the counter of China Southern Airlines at Rome’s Fiumicino airport for a flight returning to Wuhan, China, after it landed early on January 23, 2020. – China banned trains and planes from leaving a major city at the centre of a virus outbreak on January 23, seeking to seal off its 11 million people to contain the contagious disease that has claimed 17 lives, infected hundreds and spread to other countries. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Italy allows first quarantine-free flights from U.S. to Europe since the beginning of the pandemic

    By Daniele Lepido, Richard Weiss, and others
  • TransAtlantic air travel has been decimated by COVID-19. Officials in German are in discussion with counterparts in the U.S. to devise an effective, safe way to revive air travel across the Atlantic.International

    Airport COVID testing hubs and new travel corridors are part of a plan to revive U.S.-Europe air travel

    By Richard Weiss and Bloomberg
  • An Airbus A380 of the airline Lufthansa is in its parking position after landing at Frankfurt Airport. Europe’s largest airline warned it faces a cash crunch and needs state aid “within weeks.” Wire photography: Silas Stein/dpa via Getty ImagesInternational

    ‘State aid or bust:’ Germany’s Lufthansa is running out of cash

    By William Wilkes, Richard Weiss, and others
  • Unused Lufthansa aircraft sit next to the taxiways of the airport in Frankfurt, Germany on March 18, 2020.International

    Lufthansa cuts 95% of its flights as world airlines near complete shutdown to face coronavirus

    By Richard Weiss, Angus Whitley, and others
  • Tourists wearing a protective mask walk in St. Peter's square at the Vatican on March 03, 2020. - Italy urged tourists spooked by the coronavirus not to stay away, but efforts to reassure the world it was managing the outbreak were overshadowed by confusion over case numbers. Hotel bookings in Milan have plummeted to 20 percent, compared to nearly 90 percent normally at this time of year, while in Rome, far from the northern hotspots over 50 percent of bookings have been cancelled until the end of March, hotel association Federalberghi said. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)International

    ‘Collective psychosis:’ As coronavirus fears grow, the world travel industry stares into the abyss

    By Naomi Kresge, Flavia Rotondi, and others
  • 16 February 2020, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Cleared trees lie stacked on the entrance to the site for the planned Tesla factory. The Higher Administrative Court (OVG) of Berlin-Brandenburg has temporarily halted the ongoing clearing work on the site for the planned Tesla factory in Grünheide. It thus corresponded to an application of the Green League Brandenburg. Photo: Britta Pedersen/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa (Photo by Britta Pedersen/picture alliance via Getty Images)International

    A forest stands between Elon Musk and his planned Tesla Giga Berlin factory

    By Stefan Nicola, Richard Weiss, and others
  • SEATTLE, WA - MAY 31: The tails of Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are seen as they sit parked at a Boeing facility adjacent to King County International Airport, known as Boeing Field, on May 31, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. Boeing 737 MAX airplanes have been grounded following two fatal crashes in which 346 passengers and crew were killed in October 2018 and March 2019. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

    Boeing Wants to Bring Back Its 737 Max This Year—But a Spat Between Regulators Could Thwart It

    By Julie Johnsson, Richard Weiss, and others