Tens of thousands of U.S airline workers are being laid off this Thursday after an emergency COVID-19 lifeline ran out.
The 25 billion dollar program kept paychecks flowing to employees as almost all air traffic was grounded when the pandemic hit.
But lawmakers remain deadlocked over a second bailout program.
CGTN's Owen Fairclough has the latest.
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