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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
EMEA 01 Aug 2020 KLM KLM airlines announces massive layoffs; says would cut nearly 5,000 positions
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 KLM Lays off between 1,500 and 2,000 staff
EMEA 04 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM Wins EU Approval for $7.7 Billion Bailout
EMEA 14 May 2020 KLM KLM yields to refunds for cancelled flights
EMEA 30 Jul 2020 KLM Air France-KLM Second quarter 2020 results
EMEA 13 Sep 2020 KLM Air France-KLM's future in doubt without cost cuts - Dutch minister
EMEA 19 Oct 2020 KLM KLM’s CEO Believes Hub And Spoke Airlines Will Be Critical To Recovery
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 KLM AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
EMEA 24 Jul 2020 KLM KLM Outlines A Full Return To Destinations Served Pre-Crisis
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines CEO: 'We are in discussions with banks, but it is quite complicated'
Europe 16 Nov 2020 KLM KLM Is Gearing Up For Transporting COVID Vaccines
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 KLM KLM CEO Still Sees Slow Recovery Even as More Flights Resume
Europe 09 Nov 2020 KLM Dutch Government Approves Loan Package For KLM
Europe 16 Nov 2020 KLM KLM reduces capacity in Europe in response to second coronavirus wave
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 KLM Air-France KLM: A Political Mess
EMEA 18 Apr 2020 KLM KLM withdraws plan to boost CEO bonus to 100% of salary
EMEA 07 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM targets 60% capacity recovery by year-end
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 KLM You’ll Now Need a Negative COVID-19 Test Certificate if You Don’t Want to Wear a Face Mask Onboard KLM
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 KLM Dutch Airline KLM Blames British Quarantine Rules as it Postpones Further Capacity Increases
EMEA 11 May 2020 British Airways British Airways owner says burning cash, quarantine plan will make it worse
EMEA 22 Sep 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS AND HEATHROW WARN ‘ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY’ TO LIMIT DAMAGE CAUSED BY TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 British Airways British Airways suspends more than 30,000
EMEA 29 May 2020 British Airways British Airways may outsource work of 450 redundant employees
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 British Airways Boris Johnson Backs Away From Punishing British Airways Over Jobs
EMEA 18 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airlines Appeal For UK COVID Test Quarantine Exemption
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways takes Flying with Confidence course online
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Suspends Flights From Gatwick Airport
EMEA 07 May 2020 British Airways British Airways Owner Reports $1.8 Billion Loss, Hopes To Resume Flights By July
EMEA 28 May 2020 British Airways British Airways pledges 48 aircraft to raise US$750 million loan
EMEA 03 Jun 2020 British Airways U.K. Minister Warns British Airways Over Aggressive Job Cuts
EMEA 26 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways cabin crew face 20% pay cut as coronavirus causes airline to slash costs
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways set to be 'UK's first airline to carry out pre-flight Covid-19 tests'
EMEA 07 May 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS SAYS NO ‘MEANINGFUL’ RETURN TO SERVICE BEFORE JULY
EMEA 01 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways workers told to accept pay cuts of up to 60% or face the sack
EMEA 24 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Franchise Comair To Suspend All Services
EMEA 25 May 2020 British Airways British Airways planning to rehire sacked staff on worse terms, union says
EMEA 20 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways signals the end of its 747 fleet as it cancels training
EMEA 01 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways increases October schedule
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 British Airways BA Left Flying To Just 15 Destinations
EMEA 05 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways owner considers legal action against government quarantine plan – and Ryanair vows support
EMEA 17 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways will be hit by strikes when airline returns to the skies, passengers fear
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Creative Deal With Pilots
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 British Airways Half Of British Airways’ Boeing 747s Have Now Been Retired
EMEA 13 Oct 2020 British Airways Who Is Sean Doyle – British Airways’ New CEO
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 British Airways Government 'draws up plans to buy shares In British Airways
EMEA 28 Apr 2020 British Airways British Airways owner IAG says it will make 12,000 redundancies
EMEA 18 May 2020 British Airways British Airways’ First Boeing 787-10 – Ready For Delivery
EMEA 07 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Threatens To Dismiss All Pilots And Rehire On Individual Contracts
EMEA 11 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways to sell art collection to raise cash
EMEA 14 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways Reveals Art To Be Sold To Raise Funds