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Major Airlines to suspend flights, lay off staff over coronavirus

FILE PHOTO: Norwegian Air Sweden Boeing 737-800 plane SE-RRY takes off in Riga International Airport in Riga, Latvia January 17, 2020. [Reuters]

Belgium’s Brussels airlines, a Lufthansa subsidiary, is the latest to suspend all flights as beginning Saturday until April 19 over coronavirus, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

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