COVID-19 News Roundup

Tracking the impact of the pandemic on travel

COVID-19 News Roundup

When the pandemic was first declared in March 2020, ATPCO understood the value of keeping track of industry-related news in the quickly changing environment. We tracked aviation news and developments from the start of the pandemic through December 2020. This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times. We are now looking forward to recovery and a post-recovery world.

   
Region Date Organization Summary
North America 08 Oct 2020 Delta Delta headquarters employees affected by shrinking of workforce
North America 13 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines Sees An Opportunity To Do More Regional Flying
North America 19 Oct 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Expects More Layoffs With Vancouver Base Closure
North America 20 Oct 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines CEO: We won’t get back to 2019 levels until ‘well beyond next summer’
North America 21 Oct 2020 Delta Delta CEO: COVID-19 international travel recovery will require regulations
North America 09 Nov 2020 Air Canada European Commission delays decision on Air Canada purchase of Transat until January
North America 16 Nov 2020 Air Canada Transat seeks shareholders’ approval of deal with Air Canada
North America 23 Nov 2020 Delta US DoT: Delta Air Lines, WestJet withdraw application for proposed US-Canada
North America 07 Dec 2020 Air Canada As passengers pushed for refunds, Air Canada got more than $400 million from wage subsidy
North America 07 Dec 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines expands Covid-testing options
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada Air Canada launches biometric boarding
North America 14 Dec 2020 Delta Delta joins American in scrapping international ticket change fees
North America 16 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Suspending service to Australia, New Zealand
North America 16 Mar 2020 Delta Cutting system capacity by 40%
North America 19 Mar 2020 Delta Delta To Cut Flying 70%, Park Half Of Planes
North America 23 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian to cease most flights
North America 09 Apr 2020 United Class actions filed against United over refunds
North America 15 Apr 2020 Delta Delta reaches deal for $5.4B in federal relief funding
North America 20 Apr 2020 Delta Will Delta Retire Some 767s Amid Capacity Cuts?
North America 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Sabre makes $200M in cuts to offset coronavirus impact
North America 24 Mar 2020 RavnAir Ryanair grounds almost all flights; helps government
North America 27 Mar 2020 Government Report: The federal government will own airline stakes
North America 07 Apr 2020 Industry How long will US airlines’ cash last? Between 4 months and a year, analyst says
North America 22 Apr 2020 Industry US Airlines Seek Exemptions To Minimum Service Requirements
North America 29 Apr 2020 Southwest Coronavirus won’t derail Southwest’s GDS plans
North America 02 May 2020 Industry Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Sells All of Its Airline Shares
North America 09 Jun 2020 Delta Delta to suspend flying at 11 US airports
North America 10 Jun 2020 Delta Delta creates unit devoted to cleanliness
North America 18 Jun 2020 Delta Delta expects to add more flights in August but cautious on post-summer travel
North America 07 Jul 2020 Government Most U.S. Airlines Sign Letters of Intent for Their Share of $25 Billion in Federal Aid
North America 13 Jul 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Coronavirus Cluster At Hawaiian Airlines Ignites Outbreak At Oahu Gyms
North America 14 Jul 2020 Government Hawaii Set To Lengthen COVID Arrival Procedures
North America 24 Jul 2020 American Airlines American Airlines has flown more than its competitors during the pandemic, and it’s paying off
North America 15 Aug 2020 United United Airlines takes multi-layered approach to assure safety for customers, employees
North America 18 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Looks To Limit Furloughed Flight Attendants
North America 03 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Chops 83,000 Flights From October Schedule
North America 04 Sep 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines confirms no furloughs for flight attendants
North America 09 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Says Could Seek Larger Treasury Loan, Defer 737 MAX Deliveries
North America 08 Sep 2020 Industry TSA Hits Highest Passenger Numbers Since March
North America 11 Sep 2020 Southwest Southwest CEO Believes No Change Fees Won’t Help Other Carriers
North America 17 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Launches Monthly Infinite Flight Pass
North America 16 Sep 2020 United United Plans Fleetwide Use of Antimicrobial Product
North America 19 Sep 2020 Delta Delta to turn down CARES Act loan, take on debt backed by SkyMiles
North America 29 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Takes First Steps to Open International Markets to Travel with Preflight COVID-19 Testing
North America 06 Oct 2020 United United Airlines Trying New Partnership To Land Business Travelers
North America 09 Oct 2020 Delta Delta CEO on what the airline industry needs to survive
North America 13 Oct 2020 Delta Delta: Most Corp. Customers Have Resumed Some Level of Business Travel
North America 18 Oct 2020 Industry US airline operators brace for the long road back
North America 21 Oct 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines To Resume US’ Longest Domestic Flight
North America 20 Oct 2020 Government The Trump administration let aviation companies lay off more than 16,500 workers while taking coronavirus relief funds — some used the money to pay executives — according to a congressional report