UK airlines want coronavirus wage support scheme extended beyond June

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's airlines want the government's coronavirus wage support scheme to be extended beyond June, maintaining the assistance for longer with a only slow recovery in air travel expected. Airlines UK, the industry's representative body, wrote to the finance minister requesting an extension of the scheme, which airlines including British Airways and easyJet have used to furlough workers. Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, the government pays 80% of the wages of..