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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 17 Mar 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines to suspend all operations
Latin America 17 Mar 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines to cancel 90% of its international flights
Global 17 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
North America 17 Mar 2020 Industry Airlines are doing away with middle seats and beverage service
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Government Switzerland Locks Down Until April
North America 18 Mar 2020 Government Trump says US will close the border with Canada to ‘non-essential’ traffic
North America 18 Mar 2020 Industry Industry Pushes Trump for Relief Amid Rapidly Mounting Losses, Layoffs
North America 18 Mar 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Is in Talks to Borrow Billions Amid Pandemic
EMEA 18 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Air Dolomiti temporarily suspends ops
APAC 18 Mar 2020 Air China Air China executive on maintaining U.S. flying: 'Somebody has to do it'
APAC 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Government urges Australians to fly home as coronavirus closes borders 
North America 18 Mar 2020 Government Puerto Rico seeks to suspend all incoming flights
Global 18 Mar 2020 Industry Airlines intensify calls for up to $200B in government aid worldwide
North America 18 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Suspends Flights to Sapporo
North America 18 Mar 2020 Delta Delta in talks with banks for loans
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: travellers race home amid worldwide border closures and flight warnings
APAC 18 Mar 2020 Government Government urges Australians to fly home as coronavirus closes borders 
Global 18 Mar 2020 Industry Corporate travel on the front line of global incidents
North America 18 Mar 2020 Air Canada Air Canada suspend international flights
EMEA 18 Mar 2020 Air Dolomiti Air Dolomiti temporarily suspends ops
North America 18 Mar 2020 United 60 percent schedule reduction in April; 85 percent decrease in international flights
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
EMEA 19 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa to Cut 95% of Flights in Survival Mode
APAC 19 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways Furloughs 5,000 Cabin Crew
North America 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Airlines Are No. 1 Priority for Virus Relief, Trump Says
APAC 19 Mar 2020 Government New Zealand and Australia close borders to foreigners
North America 19 Mar 2020 Air Canada Airline further reducing schedule, maintaining essential services where possible
EMEA 19 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa warns it will emerge from pandemic as smaller business
North America 19 Mar 2020 Delta Delta To Cut Flying 70%, Park Half Of Planes
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Remarks of Alexandre de Juniac at the IATA Media Briefing on COVID-19
Global 19 Mar 2020 IATA Urgent emergency support requested for airlines: IATA
North America 19 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines Reducing Flight Schedule Systemwide
North America 19 Mar 2020 Expedia Expedia Vice Chairman Tells Employees It’s Time to Focus and Help Our Travel Partners
APAC 19 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA adds more Temporary Changes on Select International Routes
North America 19 Mar 2020 Delta COVID-19 restrictions affect additional Delta flying
APAC 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Asia is on the First Steps Towards Recovery - Hong Kong's Response to COVID-19
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 19 Mar 2020 Industry ARC: February Travel Agency Air Ticket Sales Plummet
North America 20 Mar 2020 Air Canada Over 5,000 layoffs
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 KLM AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Lufthansa LHG parks 700 aircraft in crisis response
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Economics predicts rapid economic recovery post-Covid-19
Latin America 20 Mar 2020 LATAM LATAM to reduce its operations by 70%
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19: Assessing the Catastrophe
North America 20 Mar 2020 Government State Department to U.S. Citizens: Do Not Travel Internationally
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Air France AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
North America 20 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA President Robert Isom Says No Bailout Needed
APAC 20 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to put 5,000 flight attendants on temporary rotating furlough
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance join forces to seek support from governments amid coronavirus crisis