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The world's airlines will make a combined loss of at least 84 billion dollars this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Air Transport Association.

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The world's airlines will make a combined loss of at least 84 billion dollars this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Air Transport Association.

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