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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Latin America 03 Sep 2020 Government Which South American Countries Are Open For Tourists?
Latin America 15 Sep 2020 Avianca Avianca appeals order that blocked $370 million emergency loan
Latin America 04 Oct 2020 LATAM LATAM Brasil Flight Crews Allow Union to Negotiate Wage Reductions
Latin America 09 Nov 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines closes 3Q2020 with over USD3.3bn available to endure the COVID-19 crisis
Latin America 28 Apr 2020 Government Argentine Budget Airlines Say Government Blindsided Them With Travel Ban
Latin America 30 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines sees long, slow recovery from coronavirus, defers investments
Latin America 04 May 2020 Government Argentina’s flight ban extension puts LCCs in peril
Latin America 11 Jun 2020 Government When Will Latin America Reopen For Air Travelers?
Latin America 10 Jul 2020 Government Rio de Janeiro’s Famous Beaches Will Only Reopen After a Vaccine Is Found
Latin America 21 Jul 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines Brasil reports a 'shy warming up of demand'
Latin America 29 Sep 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines to increase frequencies in Oct-2020 by 42%
Latin America 13 Oct 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul Hopes To Burn Through Less Than $450,000 A Day In Q4
Middle East 14 Dec 2020 Emirates Emirates Takes Its 117th Airbus A380 As It Awaits First With Premium Economy
Middle East 14 Dec 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways Continues To Strengthen Airline Partnerships
North America 14 Oct 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant has the secret sauce for surviving Covid-19
North America 21 Oct 2020 American Airlines American Airlines To Trial Digital ID In Washington & Dallas
North America 22 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Welcomes the Announcement of Alberta COVID-19 Testing Initiative Aimed at Easing Mandatory 14-Day Quarantine
North America 23 Oct 2020 Government When Might The US-Canada Border Reopen?
North America 09 Nov 2020 Delta How empathy drives Delta Air Lines’ strategy
North America 09 Nov 2020 Amadeus Amadeus credits domestic travel restart for small financial improvement
North America 16 Nov 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines passengers can now redeem miles for COVID-19 test kits
North America 07 Dec 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Trials Digital Health Passes On Chilean Route
North America 14 Dec 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Follows United With Boeing 737 MAX Delivery
North America 16 Mar 2020 Air Canada Big capacity cuts (50%) and temporary route suspensions
North America 17 Mar 2020 Air Canada Air Canada suspends flights from Dubai
North America 20 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA President Robert Isom Says No Bailout Needed
North America 30 Mar 2020 United United outlines international flying schedule for April
North America 07 Apr 2020 RavnAir Alaska Airlines is reducing its capacity by 80% in both April and May
North America 13 Apr 2020 Spirit JetBlue and Spirit apply for emergency exemptions to ‘minimum service’ order
North America 17 Apr 2020 Westjet WestJet to lay off 1700 pilots
North America 23 Mar 2020 Government How Far Will U.S. Government Relief Reach to Save the Travel Industry?
North America 27 Mar 2020 Industry Why Are Airlines Adding So Many Random Connecting Flights? Blame the U.S. Relief Package
North America 30 Apr 2020 Delta Delta CEO to forgo all of his base salary for 6 months; his base in 2019 was 5.5% of total compensation
North America 30 Apr 2020 IATA ACI and IATA Call for Urgent Financial Assistance to Protect Jobs and Operations
North America 10 May 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Is Burning Through Cash
North America 08 May 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines: nuanced crisis management
North America 20 May 2020 Expedia Expedia sees beginnings of recovery
North America 27 May 2020 American Airlines American Airlines CEO quells U.S. bankruptcy talk, says demand improving
North America 03 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada says it's not backing out of Air Transat deal despite industry crisis
North America 05 Jun 2020 United United Airlines restores flights at 150 U.S., Canadian destinations in July, add nonstops
North America 08 Jun 2020 Industry Stacked Seating Could Permit Lie Flat Beds In Economy
North America 18 Jun 2020 United United Airlines Is Rounding Up $10 Billion to Survive COVID-19
North America 26 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada raises $4bn financing since start of pandemic
North America 29 Jun 2020 Delta Delta to require health acknowledgment by customers at check-in
North America 30 Jun 2020 Industry IHG Projects 75 Percent Q2 RevPAR Decline
North America 06 Jul 2020 Delta Delta's CEO Ed Bastian reveals plans for Covid-19 tests for airline's Seattle crews
North America 03 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel in six months: What it will look like
North America 13 Jul 2020 Interjet Interjet Has Secured $150 Million In New Investments
North America 14 Jul 2020 Industry U.S. Agency Ticket Trajectory Tilts Downward As Recovery Stalls
North America 20 Jul 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines announces new health screenings for passengers who can't wear masks and asks them to consider staying home