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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 17 Mar 2020 British Airways British Airways due to make pilot redundancies
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 British Airways BA may not reopen at Gatwick once pandemic passes
EMEA 06 Jul 2020 British Airways Pilots' union has reached outline deal with British Airways in fight to save jobs
EMEA 25 Jul 2020 British Airways EasyJet and British Airways plan to continue UK-Spain flights
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways British Airways scraps London to Sydney flights by Christmas 2020
Europe 16 Nov 2020 British Airways Goldman is back on board owner of British Airways
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Continues Flights Via Sing Despite Transit Ban
EMEA 29 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Reportedly Lays Off 350 Pilots and Puts 300 in ‘Pool’ for Rehire
EMEA 11 Sep 2020 British Airways GIANT AIRLINES CUT FLIGHTS AND STAFF AS RECOVERY RECEDES
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 British Airways BA CEO: Recovery Will Be Very Long, with Some Changes Permanent
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways Fresh lockdown prompts British Airways to suspend Gatwick flights
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways British government rules out help for airlines
EMEA 11 May 2020 British Airways British Airways may halt plans to restart flights in July due to govt’s new 14-day quarantine rule
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 31 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Suspends Flights From Gatwick Airport
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 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 24 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Franchise Comair To Suspend All Services
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 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 23 Mar 2020 British Airways Government 'draws up plans to buy shares In British Airways
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 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
Europe 23 Nov 2020 British Airways BA & AA launch COVID-19 trials on TransAtlantic routes
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Partners With GOL – Rumours Of A Codeshare
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Brussels Airlines Extends Flight Suspension to 15 May
EMEA 29 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa may prefer creditor protection to government ownership
EMEA 05 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group to operate 70 per cent of long-haul routes by September
EMEA 19 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa bailout in jeopardy as top shareholder seeks other options