The British government has said that airlines and airports will not receive an industry-wide bailout despite early hints at financial support.
The UAE has enacted its travel ban 24 hours early with no flights allowed to leave the country effective immediately. Australia has also upped it measures banning all international travel for its citizens.
The United Arab Emirates has announced it will suspend all passenger flights, including Dubai and Abu Dhabi airport transit, from 25 March.
New analysis shows more than a third of the world's airline activity has been drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of the crisis, more than 37 million seats have been cut as travel restrictions prevent airlines from operating at full capacity.
US evangelical aid organization Samaritan's Purse sent a field hospital and medical personnel to Verona on March 17 with a Douglas DC-8-72 built-in 1969.
Sinagapore has banned anyone from using its airports to transit, despite Changi Airport being one of the world's most popular layover hubs.
