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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Multiple 23 Mar 2020 Sabre Sabre makes $200M in cuts to offset coronavirus impact
Multiple 02 Sep 2020 Skyscanner Travel sentiment 'much more optimistic' on domestic side than intl: Skyscanner
Multiple 26 Jun 2020 Industry Why Europe-Asia Airline Market Won't Recover Until 2021
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 IATA • IATA: Airlines and Air Transport Workers Call for Urgent Government Assistance to Prevent Jobs Catastrophe
Multiple 03 Sep 2020 Industry 3 new health and safety initiatives to reassure air passengers
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 IATA IATA: Enhanced COVID-19 Testing & Regulatory Reforms Key to Preserving Benefits of Aviation for Greece
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 COVID-19 One bright spot in Covid-era travel: On-time flights
Multiple 23 Nov 2020 Government In October ARC charted the fourth month of increases in air ticket sales
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 Government Airline alliances urge testing over quarantines
Multiple 21 Oct 2020 Government Deal restores flights between India and Germany
Multiple 15 Apr 2020 Serko Sabre's March Net Bookings Go Negative As Cancellations Spike
Multiple 25 Jun 2020 Industry RIP: These airlines have stopped offering first class due to the pandemic
Multiple 21 Sep 2020 American Airlines IAG and American Airlines granted interim extension to joint business agreement
Multiple 22 Oct 2020 Industry Successful transatlantic trial for digital Covid passport
Multiple 23 Nov 2020 IATA New IATA Guidance Prepares for Global Vaccine Distribution
Multiple 14 Oct 2020 Government Nigeria Signs Bilateral Aviation Agreement With India
Multiple 02 Oct 2020 Government The United States And Bangladesh Sign A New Open Skies Agreement
Multiple 03 Oct 2020 Government India & Germany To Hold Talks Regarding Travel Bubble Reopening
Multiple 15 Sep 2020 Government U.N. aviation task force eyes recommendation on COVID-19 testing by late October - sources
Multiple 13 Oct 2020 Industry Europe and U.S. Suffer Worsening Travel Performance in September: Skift Recovery Index Insights
Multiple 24 Nov 2020 IATA IATA Says Airlines Need Up To Another $80 Billion In Aid
Multiple 09 Sep 2020 Gol Linhas Aereas GOL Signs A New Codeshare Agreement With Ethiopian Airlines
Multiple 23 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines And Lufthansa Look To Preflight Testing To Protect Passengers From Coronavirus
Multiple 03 Apr 2020 Sabre Sabre thinks about applying for Government lending
Multiple 01 Apr 2020 Sabre Sabre thinks about applying for Government lending
Multiple 23 Apr 2020 Industry Leaving middle seat empty is idiotic, says Ryanair
Multiple 11 May 2020 American Airlines American Airlines increases cargo-only service from the US to Europe to transport critical goods
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: travellers race home amid worldwide border closures and flight warnings
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Economics predicts rapid economic recovery post-Covid-19
Global 25 Mar 2020 IATA IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry China becomes the largest aviation market in the world
Global 21 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Slow Recovery Needs Confidence Boosting Measures
Global 28 Apr 2020 COVID-19 100% of Global Destinations Now Have COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, UNWTO Reports
Global 14 May 2020 Government How digital health passports can help restart the air transport industry
Global 19 Jun 2020 Industry Has a golden age of travel passed?
Global 30 Jul 2020 Industry Airlines left doubting if enough people can, or will, travel in 2020
Global 13 Aug 2020 IATA ​IATA downgrades forecast for European passenger numbers in 2020
Global 21 Aug 2020 Industry Airlines walk tightrope on pilot furloughs
Global 04 Sep 2020 Industry Business aviation boom? Data says otherwise
Global 16 Sep 2020 Industry Will COVID-19 Kill International First Class?
Global 07 Oct 2020 Industry How COVID Will Make Aviation A Better Industry
Global 09 Oct 2020 Industry WTTC has a plan to save the travel sector
Global 13 Oct 2020 Industry Soon You Might Not Have To Remove Your Mask To Pass Through Airport Security
Global 14 Oct 2020 IATA Airport group and IATA call for urgent industry-wide support to underpin recovery
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Airlines, When Pent Up Travel Demand Bursts, Will Your Buckets Be Ready?
Global 14 Dec 2020 IATA IATA: European Air Transport COVID-19 Impacts and Recovery to be Worse than other Regions
Global 02 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules
Global 24 Mar 2020 COVID-19 IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment