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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 02 Aug 2020 Government Airlines And Crew Unions Are Pushing For A CARES Act 2.0
North America 02 Aug 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Posts Loses Of 1.75 Billion, Urges Easing Of Travel Restrictions
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Ready For More Network Cuts If Recovery Lags
North America 03 Aug 2020 Delta Delta CEO joins push for extension of federal aid for airlines
APAC 03 Aug 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines Reports A $885 Million Loss Due To COVID-19
APAC 03 Aug 2020 Government Pandemic’s second wave: risk to Japanese domestic aviation revival
North America 03 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines May Permanently Change Inflight Meals
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Is Adapting To The Challenges Posed By COVID-19
North America 03 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Stops Cleaning All Surfaces Between Flights
Global 03 Aug 2020 Industry OAG: Airline Capacity Recovery Crosses 50 Percent Mark
North America 03 Aug 2020 Industry A Lot of ‘Ifs’
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Posts €2.6B Q2 Loss
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 British Airways IAG’s Walsh warns against obtaining liquidity without structural reform
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Government Germany to start testing returning travellers
APAC 04 Aug 2020 Qantas Qantas Halts Melbourne Freight Activities Amid COVID Case Spike
APAC 04 Aug 2020 Garuda Indonesia Garuda posts $723 million first-half loss
APAC 04 Aug 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific To Fly Aircraft For Storage In The Australian Desert
North America 04 Aug 2020 Government Business travel CEOs urge U.S. government to take action on COVID testing, tracing and data sharing
EMEA 06 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa is looking beyond 2024 for the recovery in air travel
EMEA 06 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Predicts Slow Recovery as It Reports €1.7B Q2 Loss
North America 06 Aug 2020 United United Extends Global Services Memberships Through January 2022
EMEA 06 Aug 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways Adapts App for Touchless Travel
North America 09 Aug 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines: From Bad To Worse
Global 10 Aug 2020 Industry OAG: Capacity Dip This Week Could Indicate Capacity Peak Reached
Latin America 10 Aug 2020 LATAM LATAM’s unlikely recovery funding: Qatar Airways could boost Delta’s position
APAC 10 Aug 2020 Korean Air Cargo Fuels Korean, Asiana Profits
Global 10 Aug 2020 Industry What Is the Future for Metasearch in Corporate Travel?
North America 10 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines’ Corp Travel Biz: A Year On, Down But Not Out
Latin America 11 Aug 2020 Government Argentina Won’t Reopen To Flights On September 1st As Expected
North America 11 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines extends window for employees to seek voluntary exit
Latin America 11 Aug 2020 Government Colombia Is Set To Open Up Domestic Flights On 1 September
North America 11 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Extends Travel Waiver Through Dec. 31
North America 11 Aug 2020 Delta Delta CEO warns of 'furloughs in the tens of thousands' for airline industry if stimulus talks remain at stalemate
EMEA 11 Aug 2020 Government European Airlines Ask Canada To Lift Travel Restrictions
EMEA 11 Aug 2020 Government UK's Heathrow Airport passenger numbers down 88% amid ongoing travel restrictions
North America 11 Aug 2020 Air Canada Air Canada is revamping its Aeroplan loyalty program in an effort to make it easier to use. BUSINESS Air Canada to launch revamped Aeroplan amid devastated travel industry
Latin America 11 Aug 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines' passenger traffic fell 93.4% in July
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa slashes costs by shelving deliveries for 2020-21
North America 12 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Disinfecting With UV Light
APAC 12 Aug 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay plunges to record HK$8.7 billion loss in ‘most challenging’ first half
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 Finnair New Travel Restrictions Force Finnair To Cut Flight Resumption
Global 12 Aug 2020 Industry Only 7% Of The World’s Airbus A380s Are Currently Operational
North America 12 Aug 2020 Delta In a test, Delta checks passenger temps at LAX
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways set to be 'UK's first airline to carry out pre-flight Covid-19 tests'
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 Iceland Air Icelandair Cuts Boeing 737 MAX Order Amid Settlement
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar, Emirates, & Etihad – Which Middle East Giant Has Bounced Back The Most
APAC 12 Aug 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay not cancelling 777-9 orders, as it warns of bleak second half
EMEA 13 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Report: Lufthansa May Drastically Cut Long Haul Fleet
North America 13 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines expects 'modest' demand for as long as COVID-19 cases are high: CEO
Global 13 Aug 2020 IATA ​IATA downgrades forecast for European passenger numbers in 2020