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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort ascending Summary
Global 17 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus cancellations have overwhelmed third-party travel booking sites
North America 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Airlines Are No. 1 Priority for Virus Relief, Trump Says
Global 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Nearly 80 airlines cut capacity by 100 percent over coronavirus
Global 09 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 03 May 2020 COVID-19 Vienna Airport Will Start Offering Coronavirus Tests On Arrival
Global 17 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Remarks of Alexandre de Juniac at the IATA Media Briefing on COVID-19
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Data Experts and Aviation Journalists Create Coronavirus Flight Cancellation Tracker
North America 28 Apr 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases
APAC 14 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Singapore Opens Up Borders Again For Taiwan Travelers
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 What Will Travel Be Like After The Coronavirus?
North America 20 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airlines under pressure for refund policies
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 When Will Airlines Resume Full Meal Services?
APAC 14 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Thailand now open to the whole world
APAC 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Beijing tightens quarantine rules for overseas travelers as China reports two-fold increase in new coronavirus cases
Global 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19 pandemic could cost global tourism industry $450 billion
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Airlines have a key role to play in the distribution of vaccines
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Airports reject vaccine requirement as travel debate intensifies
Europe 14 Dec 2020 COVID-19 UK quarantine reduced from 14 to ten days
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Latin America 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Caribbean Countries Increase COVID-19 Restrictions
Global 27 Mar 2020 COVID-19 IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
EMEA 23 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Has Hit These African Aviation Markets The Hardest
North America 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Borders Will Remain Largely Closed to Mexico and Canada Through at Least December 21
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 U.K. to Allow Quarantine Exemption for Some Business Travelers
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Huge Increase In Chinese Air Travel As Lockdown Eased
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Airlines, When Pent Up Travel Demand Bursts, Will Your Buckets Be Ready?
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: travellers race home amid worldwide border closures and flight warnings
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Economics predicts rapid economic recovery post-Covid-19
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 COVID-19 EasyJet secures £600m coronavirus loan from UK Treasury and Bank
Global 28 Apr 2020 COVID-19 100% of Global Destinations Now Have COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, UNWTO Reports
APAC 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble launch deferred for 2 weeks after COVID-19 cases spike in Hong Kong
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules
Global 24 Mar 2020 COVID-19 IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Global 07 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
North America 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 US Airlines Discover They Will Have To Repay CARES Aid
Global 21 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 29 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airbus first-quarter profit plunges as coronavirus crisis starts to bite
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 COVID-19 and its impact on the customer journey for online travel agencies
North America 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Airlines Could Get $17 Billion in Relief if Bipartisan Covid Relief Is Approved
APAC 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Government urges Australians to fly home as coronavirus closes borders 
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Ryanair expects to halt operations due to coronavirus
Global 24 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 How Business And Leisure Travel Can Come Back Post COVID-19