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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
APAC 24 Mar 2020 Government India to Stop Domestic Flights Tuesday After Having Already Suspended Rail Service
Global 24 Mar 2020 Industry ACTE Suspends Operations Through May
APAC 24 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Temporarily Grounds Airbus A380 Fleet
APAC 24 Mar 2020 Thai Airways Thai Airways Grounds All Flights
North America 23 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA announces cargo-only PAX flights
North America 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Sabre makes $200M in cuts to offset coronavirus impact
North America 23 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian to cease most flights
APAC 23 Mar 2020 Government India's commercial airlines to cease operation domestically
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Austrian Extends Flight Grounding Until Mid-April
North America 23 Mar 2020 Government How Far Will U.S. Government Relief Reach to Save the Travel Industry?
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Iceland Air Icelandair is operating only 14% of its planned flight schedule
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Etihad Emirates, Etihad to stop flying entirely following UAE ban
APAC 23 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to seek short-term loans
Global 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Skies clear as further coronavirus curbs ground more flights
North America 23 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA drastically cuts down domestic, international flights
APAC 23 Mar 2020 Government Hong Kong to ban overseas tourists and alcohol sales at thousands of bars and restaurants
North America 23 Mar 2020 United United Airlines Cancels All Long Haul International Flights
North America 23 Mar 2020 Industry US airlines warn of 'draconian' steps if Congress fails to help
APAC 23 Mar 2020 Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines cuts 96% of capacity, grounds 138 planes as countries tighten border controls
North America 23 Mar 2020 Compass Covid-19 crisis forces shutdown of regional airlines Compass and Trans States
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Air France Air France Line Up for Gov-Backed Bailout
North America 23 Mar 2020 Delta Delta revenue drops by $2B in March
Global 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 British Airways Government 'draws up plans to buy shares In British Airways
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Government UK Government Tells Tourists To Stay Away
North America 23 Mar 2020 United United Airlines warns of massive layoffs without ‘sufficient’ federal
APAC 23 Mar 2020 Industry Pacific Islands Are Losing All Air Services Amid Route Suspensions
Multiple 23 Mar 2020 Sabre Sabre makes $200M in cuts to offset coronavirus impact
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Emirates Emirates, Etihad to stop flying entirely following UAE ban
North America 23 Mar 2020 Trans States Covid-19 crisis forces shutdown of regional airlines Compass and Trans States
North America 20 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA cuts 55,000 flights, parks 450 planes
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Suspends Flights At London City Airport
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Ryanair expects to halt operations due to coronavirus
Latin America 20 Mar 2020 LATAM LATAM to cut pay by 50% to its 43,000
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
North America 20 Mar 2020 Air Canada Over 5,000 layoffs
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 KLM AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Economics predicts rapid economic recovery post-Covid-19
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Lufthansa LHG parks 700 aircraft in crisis response
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19: Assessing the Catastrophe
Latin America 20 Mar 2020 LATAM LATAM to reduce its operations by 70%
North America 20 Mar 2020 Government State Department to U.S. Citizens: Do Not Travel Internationally
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Air France AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
North America 20 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA President Robert Isom Says No Bailout Needed
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules
APAC 20 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to put 5,000 flight attendants on temporary rotating furlough
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance join forces to seek support from governments amid coronavirus crisis
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group CEO: 'There Will Be No Back To Normal'
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 19 Mar 2020 Industry ARC: February Travel Agency Air Ticket Sales Plummet