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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 12 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada grounds Taipei flights until March 2021
North America 16 May 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Launches Loyalty Bonuses For Passengers Ready To Book Travel
North America 26 May 2020 Delta Delta gets tentative approval to suspend service to more small airports
North America 08 Jun 2020 Delta Delta and LATAM apply to DOT for codeshare approval
North America 11 Jun 2020 Delta Delta Airlines Says Risk of Default on Loan Covenants
North America 22 Jun 2020 Delta Delta to restart flights between US and China
North America 22 Jun 2020 Government Canada’s Trudeau Warns Against Reopening Borders Too Soon
North America 30 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada discontinues service on 30 routes across the country
North America 09 Jul 2020 Industry Hopes Dashed for a Quick U.S. Airline Recovery Amid Coronavirus Spikes
North America 14 Jul 2020 Delta Around 15,000 Delta Staff Are Interested In Leaving Voluntarily
North America 13 Jul 2020 United United Airlines, Pilots Reach Deal on Voluntary Separations
North America 21 Jul 2020 Southwest Nearly 30% of Southwest’s Staff Took Leaves
North America 27 Jul 2020 American Airlines American Informs Its Cabin Crew About How Flying Will Change
North America 03 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines May Permanently Change Inflight Meals
North America 14 Aug 2020 Government Canadian Government Reveals Safe Air Travel Plan
North America 25 Aug 2020 Industry US Passenger Counts Remain Steady; 1M Per Day Still Far Away
North America 27 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines slows plans to cut service to three small cities it targeted
North America 03 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Disallows Masks with Exhalation Valves in Policy Adjustment
North America 10 Sep 2020 Government US Airports To Stop Screening International Passengers For COVID-19
North America 11 Sep 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Needs Support To Avoid 2,000+ Layoffs
North America 18 Sep 2020 Industry Canadian airlines cancelling flights again as hoped-for bounceback in demand fizzles
North America 25 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Receives $5.5 Billion Treasury Loan, More Than Expected
North America 29 Sep 2020 Government Treasury Department could upsize airline loans as Delta, Southwest opt out, freeing up funds
North America 13 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Loses $5 Billion In 3rd Quarter, May Soon Furlough 1,700 Pilots
North America 13 Oct 2020 Government Avoiding Quarantine In Hawaii – How The Testing Program Works
North America 14 Oct 2020 Volaris Volaris Expects To Operate 95% Of Pre-COVID Schedule By New Year
North America 20 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines details its expanded cleaning processes
North America 20 Oct 2020 Expedia Expedia Group Goes Deeper on Job Cuts
North America 26 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines CEO on the health of the travel industry
North America 09 Nov 2020 Air Canada Air Canada posts third loss in a row as pandemic cripples air travel
North America 09 Nov 2020 COVID-19 The Bahamas now requires a Covid test on Day 5
North America 16 Nov 2020 Virgin Atlantic How A ‘Bold And Decisive’ Attitude Helped Virgin Survive COVID
North America 23 Nov 2020 Delta Delta hints at the possibility of purchasing Boeing's 737 MAX
North America 07 Dec 2020 Delta COVID-19 vaccination could be required for some Delta customers
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada Air Transat Expects Air Canada Acquisition Completion By February
North America 14 Dec 2020 Delta Coping With A Crisis: How Delta Is Surviving COVID-19
North America 16 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Suspending service to Australia, New Zealand
North America 16 Mar 2020 Delta Cutting system capacity by 40%
North America 19 Mar 2020 Delta Delta To Cut Flying 70%, Park Half Of Planes
North America 23 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian to cease most flights
North America 09 Apr 2020 United Class actions filed against United over refunds
North America 15 Apr 2020 Delta Delta reaches deal for $5.4B in federal relief funding
North America 20 Apr 2020 Delta Will Delta Retire Some 767s Amid Capacity Cuts?
North America 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Sabre makes $200M in cuts to offset coronavirus impact
North America 24 Mar 2020 RavnAir Ryanair grounds almost all flights; helps government
North America 27 Mar 2020 Government Report: The federal government will own airline stakes
North America 07 Apr 2020 Industry How long will US airlines’ cash last? Between 4 months and a year, analyst says
North America 22 Apr 2020 Industry US Airlines Seek Exemptions To Minimum Service Requirements
North America 29 Apr 2020 Southwest Coronavirus won’t derail Southwest’s GDS plans
North America 02 May 2020 Industry Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Sells All of Its Airline Shares