The board of Air France-KLM approved an aid package aimed at strengthening the indebted carrier’s balance sheet, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan will be unveiled early Tuesday, said the people, who asked not to be named because the information isn’t public. The funding includes the conversion of government loans into hybrid bonds and raising fresh equity, one of the people said. A spokeswoman for the company declined to comment. The French government and the European Commission earlier reached agreement on fresh support for the carrier, which has been hurt by a drop in air travel since the start of the pandemic. France and the Netherlands -- Air France-KLM’s biggest shareholders with a combined 28% stake -- granted the company E10.4b in direct loans and state guarantees last year. The governments have been working on a new package to alleviate the carrier’s debtload. The commission has sought concessions to allow more competition, as it had for rival Lufthansa’s rescue.<br/>
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Federal authorities have charged a former Southwest pilot with indecent exposure for an incident they say occurred during a flight last August. Michael Haak was the pilot in command of the plane during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida, according to a one-page filing in federal district court in Maryland. According to the document, which was dated Friday, Haak exposed his genitals in acts that began, continued and ended while flight 6607 on Aug. 10 was in the air. The document did not indicate the circumstances and who might have witnessed the incident. A Southwest spokeswoman said no passengers witnessed the incident; the pilots were the only people aboard aware of the incident. The airline spokeswoman said Haak left the airline before the company was aware of the incident. Since learning of it, she said, Southwest cooperated with investigators.<br/>
Kenya Airways will suspend flights to the United Kingdom effective April 9, the airline said. The announcement comes days after Britain said it would add Kenya to its travel “red list”. Those arriving in the United Kingdom from countries on the list will be denied entry, while returning Britons must submit to 10 days of mandatory quarantine in hotels. On March 26 the airline, partly owned Air France-KLM, suspended domestic flights to comply with anti-coronavirus lockdown measures announced by the country’s President Uhuru Kenyatta. <br/>