U.S. Senate offers $58 billion aid to airlines as they struggle to stay airborne
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SYDNEY/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate offered struggling airlines unprecedented aid worth $58 billion (48.7 billion pounds) that will helping cover their staff wages, as carriers around the world seek state support and turn passenger planes into cargo liners in their desperate bid for revenues.The coronavirus crisis has ravaged the travel industry and grounded many of the world's planes, prompting governments to take previously unthinkable steps to prevent bankruptcies, ranging from state..