In a world first, Dutch airline KLM used synthetic kerosene in a flight last month.

The company has grounded 95 percent of its fleet, leaving just seven aircraft in operation.

Many US airlines are cancelling between 60% and 80% of their flights, and under federal law passengers on those flights are entitled to full refunds, Senators Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal said in a statement.

Iran is about to extend a ban on the migration of its nomads to protect them from the novel coronavirus and seasonal floods.

The current impact on the airline industry has not been helped by the Covid-19 pandemic, and has been made worse by the fact that untold of numbers of jobs are being lost in the sector.

US airlines seek a government bailout of more than $50 billion as the White House is urgently drafting a financial assistance package in the wake of the steep falloff in US travel demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

United Airlines Co says it would begin cutting flights to the United Kingdom after Washington expanded travel restrictions to Britain and Ireland.

Storm Ciara lashes Britain and Germany with heavy rain and winds of more than 90 miles an hour (145 km/hour), forcing the cancellations of flights, train services and sports matches.

Dutch airline KLM says it is resuming flights over Iran and Iraq.

Italian journalists have attended a press conference about the Iran-US crisis at the Iranian embassy in Italy.