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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 03 Jun 2020 KLM KLM Adds 60% More Flights To Airline’s July Schedule In Monthly Update
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates Lays Off More Pilots, Cabin Crew as Part of Thousands of Job Cuts
EMEA 26 Jun 2020 KLM KLM to receive €3.4 billion in state-backed financial aid
EMEA 07 Jul 2020 El Al El Al Rescue Plan Finally Approved
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Works To Finalize Support For £1 Billion Bailout
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 British Airways Boris Johnson Backs Away From Punishing British Airways Over Jobs
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Eyes August Return To Israel & Russia
EMEA 24 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Receives Its Last Boeing 787-9 Delivery
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 El Al Hope For El Al? Israel Starts Planning The Reopening Of Aviation
EMEA 09 Jul 2020 Emirates Emirates and flydubai move close to merger, Emirates CCO says
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Ready For More Network Cuts If Recovery Lags
EMEA 02 Aug 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Resumes Some International Commercial Services
EMEA 13 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Report: Lufthansa May Drastically Cut Long Haul Fleet
EMEA 14 Aug 2020 Government Anguilla Is COVID-free and Preparing to Reopen — Here's How to Plan a Visit
EMEA 18 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airlines Appeal For UK COVID Test Quarantine Exemption
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Cracks Down On Mask Exemptions Requiring COVID Test
EMEA 27 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Is Giving Away COVID-19 Insurance to Get Passengers Flying Again
EMEA 02 Sep 2020 Virgin Atlantic UK court formally backs Virgin Atlantic restructuring plan
EMEA 09 Sep 2020 Ethiopian Airlines COVID Hasn’t Stopped Ethiopian’s $5 Billion Mega-Hub
EMEA 04 Sep 2020 Virgin Atlantic Court Approves Virgin Atlantic Restructuring Plan
EMEA 09 Sep 2020 Industry Winter of disconnect ahead for Europe’s airlines
EMEA 13 Sep 2020 El Al El Al prepares to embark on crucial funding exercise
EMEA 17 Sep 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Adds 15 New Destinations For Summer 2021 From Frankfurt
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways takes Flying with Confidence course online
EMEA 27 Sep 2020 KLM KLM Plans For European Capacity To Be Down 45% In November
EMEA 06 Oct 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group launches European business class companion fares
EMEA 10 Oct 2020 Finnair Finnair Announces Long-Term Recovery Personnel Incentives
EMEA 20 Oct 2020 Government Heathrow Airport Begins Pre-Departure COVID Test Program
EMEA 24 Mar 2020 KLM KLM summer schedule just 10% of normal
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Germany in talks to inject billions into Lufthansa
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group To Reduce Fleet Size
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 KLM AF-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group CEO: 'There Will Be No Back To Normal'
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Air France French government announces 'historic' €7 billion aid package for Air France-KLM
EMEA 29 Apr 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways Bucks the Trend and Increases Flights to Australia Despite the Coronavirus Crisis
EMEA 07 May 2020 British Airways British Airways Owner Reports $1.8 Billion Loss, Hopes To Resume Flights By July
EMEA 19 May 2020 KLM KLM increases cancellation vouchers by 15 percent
EMEA 28 May 2020 British Airways British Airways pledges 48 aircraft to raise US$750 million loan
EMEA 03 Jun 2020 British Airways U.K. Minister Warns British Airways Over Aggressive Job Cuts
EMEA 15 Jun 2020 SAS SAS Awarded $500 Million In Aid With Environmental Strings Attached
EMEA 26 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways cabin crew face 20% pay cut as coronavirus causes airline to slash costs
EMEA 01 Jul 2020 El Al No El Al Flights Until Further Notice
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 Industry Why European Travel Tech Startups Need to Keep On Building Through the Fallout
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Etihad Etihad And Emirates Passengers Will Need COVID-19 Tests Before They Fly
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways set to be 'UK's first airline to carry out pre-flight Covid-19 tests'
EMEA 11 Aug 2020 Government European Airlines Ask Canada To Lift Travel Restrictions
EMEA 17 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Cabin Crew Union Members Back Cost Cut Deal
EMEA 19 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa reaches deal with pilots to cut costs
EMEA 18 Aug 2020 Government Germany gives green light to Swiss airline bailout
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa opens walk-in COVID-19 testing facility at HAM