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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 British Airways Boris Johnson Backs Away From Punishing British Airways Over Jobs
EMEA 18 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airlines Appeal For UK COVID Test Quarantine Exemption
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways takes Flying with Confidence course online
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Suspends Flights From Gatwick Airport
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 British Airways British Airways suspends more than 30,000
EMEA 29 May 2020 British Airways British Airways may outsource work of 450 redundant employees
EMEA 03 Jun 2020 British Airways U.K. Minister Warns British Airways Over Aggressive Job Cuts
EMEA 26 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways cabin crew face 20% pay cut as coronavirus causes airline to slash costs
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways set to be 'UK's first airline to carry out pre-flight Covid-19 tests'
EMEA 07 May 2020 British Airways British Airways Owner Reports $1.8 Billion Loss, Hopes To Resume Flights By July
EMEA 28 May 2020 British Airways British Airways pledges 48 aircraft to raise US$750 million loan
EMEA 01 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways workers told to accept pay cuts of up to 60% or face the sack
EMEA 24 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Franchise Comair To Suspend All Services
EMEA 07 May 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS SAYS NO ‘MEANINGFUL’ RETURN TO SERVICE BEFORE JULY
EMEA 20 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways signals the end of its 747 fleet as it cancels training
EMEA 01 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways increases October schedule
EMEA 25 May 2020 British Airways British Airways planning to rehire sacked staff on worse terms, union says
EMEA 05 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways owner considers legal action against government quarantine plan – and Ryanair vows support
EMEA 17 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways will be hit by strikes when airline returns to the skies, passengers fear
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Creative Deal With Pilots
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 British Airways Half Of British Airways’ Boeing 747s Have Now Been Retired
EMEA 13 Oct 2020 British Airways Who Is Sean Doyle – British Airways’ New CEO
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 British Airways Government 'draws up plans to buy shares In British Airways
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 British Airways BA Left Flying To Just 15 Destinations
EMEA 07 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Threatens To Dismiss All Pilots And Rehire On Individual Contracts
EMEA 11 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways to sell art collection to raise cash
EMEA 14 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways Reveals Art To Be Sold To Raise Funds
Europe 23 Nov 2020 British Airways BA & AA launch COVID-19 trials on TransAtlantic routes
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Partners With GOL – Rumours Of A Codeshare
EMEA 28 Apr 2020 British Airways British Airways owner IAG says it will make 12,000 redundancies
EMEA 18 May 2020 British Airways British Airways’ First Boeing 787-10 – Ready For Delivery
EMEA 12 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways changes food on board
EMEA 04 Sep 2020 British Airways Tough start for new boss of BA-owner as Walsh bows out
EMEA 17 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways arrivals testing geofencing tech
EMEA 12 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways CEO Departs as Parent IAG Seeks Revamp
EMEA 22 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways owner IAG slashes flight schedules as losses hit €1.3bn
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Says Pandemic Isn’t Deterring Agency Support for Booking Tickets With New Tech Method
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways banned from Hong Kong
EMEA 16 May 2020 British Airways Senior British Airways cabin crew face 55% pay cut with salaries slashed to £24,000
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 British Airways Willie Walsh defends British Airways over job cut plans
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways Announces Return To London Gatwick Next Weekend
EMEA 18 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways Launches New First Class Suite With Door
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways CEO: Airline Industry May Never Recover From COVID-19
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways' souvenir sale hits snag as demand soars
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways to expand transatlantic Covid-19 testing trial to more routes
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 British Airways Cutting 75% of flights in April, May
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group airlines significantly expands flight schedule until September
EMEA 08 Jul 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa airlines to slash leadership, cut 1,000 administrative jobs
EMEA 26 Aug 2020 Lufthansa LUFTHANSA TOPS LIST OF COVID-SAFE CARRIERS IN NEW RESEARCH
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa takes 1.1 bln euro impairment as it further shrinks fleet