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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 22 Sep 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines: Relief May Finally Be on the Way
North America 25 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Has A Digital Focus On The Road To Recovery
North America 30 Sep 2020 United United Plans with 'Bounce Back' in Mind
North America 10 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada slashes Transat buyout price by nearly 75% as COVID-19 hits traffic
North America 05 Oct 2020 Southwest Southwest hopes pay cuts, union deals will stave off furloughs
North America 18 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Vacations Expands Winter Sun Options
North America 15 Oct 2020 United United: 'Long Tunnel' to Recovery, Sees 2024 for Pre-Covid Level of Business Demand
North America 18 Oct 2020 United United Maintains Robust Order Book With No Major Retirements
North America 25 Oct 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Planning Customer Tours Before First MAX Flights
North America 09 Nov 2020 Government Aid For Airlines? Canada Says Grant Refunds First
North America 23 Nov 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Cuts London Schedule After Poor Bookings
North America 23 Nov 2020 Southwest • Why Southwest Thinks It Was The Best Prepared For COVID In The US
North America 07 Dec 2020 Southwest Southwest’s Threat of Historic Furloughs Already Deepening Divide With Unions
North America 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Airlines Could Get $17 Billion in Relief if Bipartisan Covid Relief Is Approved
North America 14 Dec 2020 United United Airlines flight attendants raise alarm on crew quarantine protocols
North America 14 Dec 2020 Government U.S. Travel Reacts to Proposed COVID Relief Framework
North America 19 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Reducing Flight Schedule Systemwide
North America 23 Mar 2020 Trans States Covid-19 crisis forces shutdown of regional airlines Compass and Trans States
North America 03 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest reduces to 2,000 daily flights through June 5
North America 09 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC to immediately rehire more than 16,000 workers
North America 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles More Than 13,000 AA Crew Take Voluntary Leave, Early Retirement
North America 07 Apr 2020 Hopper Travel Booking App Hopper Announces Layoffs Amid Coronavirus Crisis
North America 17 Apr 2020 Delta Delta, American, United Allow Free Name Changes on Corporate Tickets
North America 19 Mar 2020 Expedia Expedia Vice Chairman Tells Employees It’s Time to Focus and Help Our Travel Partners
North America 25 Apr 2020 Government U.S. Airlines Get an Additional $9.5 Billion in Federal Relief to Stave Off Job Cuts
North America 01 May 2020 United United Readies 'Painful' Plan in Case of No 2020 Recovery
North America 13 May 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant loses $33 million in the first quarter
North America 28 May 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines will shrink its European footprint after coronavirus
North America 01 Jun 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines working to avoid furloughing 2,300 pilots
North America 08 Jun 2020 American Airlines Lack of social distancing rules makes American Airlines an outlier
North America 09 Jun 2020 American Airlines ‘Bring on summer’: American Airlines is expanding its July schedule
North America 14 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada CEO: “Government Restrictions Are Preventing A Return To Normality”
North America 16 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Sees Uptick In Domestic Flight Bookings
North America 16 Jun 2020 TripActions TripActions Bolsters Reserves with $125 Million in Financing
North America 22 Jun 2020 JetBlue JetBlue Says Airlines Will Keep New Cleaning Rules Post-COVID
North America 25 Jun 2020 Delta Delta will add 1,000 flights in August but that may be it for the year
North America 25 Jun 2020 Government Hawaii Is Set To Reopen On August 1st – What That Means For You
North America 07 Jul 2020 United United Airlines warns of lower bookings, furloughs
North America 13 Jul 2020 American Airlines American expects this week to notify pilots of layoffs
North America 14 Jul 2020 Southwest Southwest Begins To Worry About The Future As Furloughs Loom
North America 14 Jul 2020 Delta We May Never See as Many Business Travelers as Before: Delta Air Lines CEO
North America 15 Jul 2020 Government Travelers From 22 US States Must Quarantine Arriving In New York
North America 21 Jul 2020 Government United and American Air CEOs Ask European Governments to Loosen Restrictions on Transatlantic Travel
North America 23 Jul 2020 Southwest Southwest pledges no layoffs or furloughs in 2020
North America 29 Jul 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Lost Over $1 Billion In H1 As Passengers Dropped 50%
North America 02 Aug 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Posts Loses Of 1.75 Billion, Urges Easing Of Travel Restrictions
North America 03 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Stops Cleaning All Surfaces Between Flights
North America 16 Aug 2020 Delta Delta Making Progress Testing Its Entire Workforce For COVID-19
North America 18 Aug 2020 Delta For Delta Air Lines, It’s Not About the Middle Seats
North America 23 Aug 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines Commits To Blocking Middle Seats Through 2021