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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 31 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA Seeks $12 Billion In Government Aid To Protect Jobs
APAC 31 Mar 2020 Government China Defends Temporary Ban on Foreign Travelers
North America 31 Mar 2020 Delta Delta outlines international flying schedule for April
Global 31 Mar 2020 Industry Airline Industry Sets Weekly Record for Capacity Cuts as U.S. Carriers Consider Temporary Consolidation
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 EasyJet EasyJet Grounds Entire Fleet, Furloughs Crew
APAC 31 Mar 2020 Air New Zealand Sign Of The Times: Air New Zealand Now A ‘Domestic Airline’
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Emirates Emirates to receive capital injection from Dubai government
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Air France, Lufthansa And Emirates Hit Hardest By March EU Flight Restrictions
North America 31 Mar 2020 Industry Airlines Could Start Facing Legal Challenges Over Withholding Refunds
North America 31 Mar 2020 AirAsia Two more AirAsia carriers suspend operations from April
North America 31 Mar 2020 Air Canada Air Canada puts 16-500 staff on furlough; cuts operations
Global 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
APAC 31 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA further cut April schedules
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Government Turkey suspends all international flights, expands restrictions
North America 31 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Holdings Stock Plunges 45% in a Month
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Transavia Airlines Transavia Airlines (Netherlands) cancels all flights until May 6
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways Is Burning Through Cash and Will Have to Seek Government Support
APAC 31 Mar 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Australia seeks $865m financial support from government
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Emirates Air France, Lufthansa And Emirates Hit Hardest By March EU Flight Restrictions
APAC 31 Mar 2020 Travelsky Travelsky Puts On a Brave Face as Chinese Flight Demand Slowly Rebounds
Multiple 01 Apr 2020 Sabre Sabre thinks about applying for Government lending
Global 02 Apr 2020 Industry Worldwide airline capacity down 77%
EMEA 02 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Middle East and Africa Airlines Revenue Losses Mount - Urgent Government Support Required
Global 02 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
North America 03 Apr 2020 Delta Delta extends ability to rebook impacted travel for up to 2 years
Latin America 03 Apr 2020 Argentina Argentina extends border closure until 30-Apr-2020
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Germany in talks to inject billions into Lufthansa
North America 03 Apr 2020 United United Airlines says revenue is down by $100M a day
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Qantas Qantas switches off inflight WiFi, movies, TV shows to save cash
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 El Al El Al Won’t Operate Any Scheduled Flights In April
North America 03 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest reduces to 2,000 daily flights through June 5
North America 03 Apr 2020 American Airlines AA axes most flights to New York area
APAC 03 Apr 2020 COVID-19 South Korea airline capacity steadies as virus spread slows
Global 03 Apr 2020 IATA IATA Projects Airline Industry Q2 Loss of $39 Billion
Global 03 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Could Start Facing Legal Challenges Over Withholding Refunds
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in talks on multibillion euro state-backed loan package
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Travelsky Travelsky Puts On a Brave Face as Chinese Flight Demand Slowly Rebounds
APAC 03 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Reduces Summer Schedule
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 KLM Air France-KLM in talks on multibillion euro state-backed loan package
Global 03 Apr 2020 Government Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa puts 87,000 workers on reduced hours
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Fiji Airways Fiji Airways suspends all flights
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Condor Germany ready to nationalise airline Condor
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Carrying Less Than 600 Passengers Per Day
North America 03 Apr 2020 Korean Air Korean Air calls for government support
Global 03 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Middle East and Africa Airlines Revenue Losses Mount - Urgent Government Support Required
Global 03 Apr 2020 Industry Worldwide airline capacity down 77%
North America 03 Apr 2020 Air Canada Air Canada nixes April London-Toronto flights as traffic tumbles
Latin America 03 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM reduces operations by 95% in April