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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 descending Summary
North America 25 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Has A Digital Focus On The Road To Recovery
North America 10 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada slashes Transat buyout price by nearly 75% as COVID-19 hits traffic
North America 18 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Vacations Expands Winter Sun Options
North America 19 Mar 2020 Air Canada Airline further reducing schedule, maintaining essential services where possible
North America 14 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada CEO: “Government Restrictions Are Preventing A Return To Normality”
North America 16 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Sees Uptick In Domestic Flight Bookings
North America 02 Aug 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Posts Loses Of 1.75 Billion, Urges Easing Of Travel Restrictions
North America 27 Aug 2020 Air Canada Air Canada plans voluntary COVID-19 passenger test trial: analyst note
North America 07 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada to explore 'wearable' COVID-19 contact tracing technology
North America 09 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC to immediately rehire more than 16,000 workers
North America 15 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada to lay off 20,000 workers as pandemic collapses travel industry
North America 25 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Begins Reopening Its Maple Leaf Lounges
North America 31 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Lowers Q3 Capacity Plans Amid Ongoing Canadian Travel Restrictions
North America 15 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC suspends flights until June
North America 16 May 2020 Air Canada Canada's Trudeau to look at possible further aid for airlines, after Air Canada layoffs
North America 09 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada to 'explore' rapid Covid-19 tests
North America 12 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada, WestJet could be set for coronavirus help from Canada
North America 12 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada grounds Taipei flights until March 2021
North America 30 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada discontinues service on 30 routes across the country
North America 03 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Disallows Masks with Exhalation Valves in Policy Adjustment
North America 09 Nov 2020 Air Canada Air Canada posts third loss in a row as pandemic cripples air travel
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada Air Transat Expects Air Canada Acquisition Completion By February
North America 30 Apr 2020 Air Canada Air Canada anticipates return of worldwide air travel by Christmas
North America 04 May 2020 Air Canada 'Darkest period ever': Air Canada reports $1.05B loss due to COVID-19
North America 09 Nov 2020 Air Canada European Commission delays decision on Air Canada purchase of Transat until January
North America 16 Nov 2020 Air Canada Transat seeks shareholders’ approval of deal with Air Canada
North America 07 Dec 2020 Air Canada As passengers pushed for refunds, Air Canada got more than $400 million from wage subsidy
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada Air Canada launches biometric boarding
EMEA 20 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Pilots in Draft Deal on Low-Cost Domestic Flights
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Air France Dutch Back Air France-KLM Bailout After Pilots Agree Wage Deal
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air France Air France Expands Rail Partnership As It Looks To Cut Domestic Flying
Europe 30 Apr 2020 Air France https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-economy/air-france-must-cut-emissions-domestic-flights-for-aid-minister-idUSKBN22B2EL
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Air France Air France’s Survival ‘Guaranteed’ by French After Dutch Warning
EMEA 15 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Now Offering Fully Refundable Vouchers
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Air France Bailout insufficient for Air France-KLM, says CEO
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air France French state to double Air France stake, RTL radio reports
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France French Gov. set to double its existing 14% stake in the Air France-KLM group
EMEA 03 Jul 2020 Air France Air France set to cut more than 7,500 jobs
EMEA 19 Aug 2020 Air France Air France and KLM Assist Passengers Needing Covid-19 Tests to Travel
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM: Long haul cargo ops 'booming' but can't cover pax revenue losses
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air France Air France KLM : Airlines try COVID-19 tested transatlantic flights to build confidence
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France Route Network Update for Air France
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Air France AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
EMEA 08 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM's loss widens to nearly $2 billion
EMEA 28 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM resumes flights to Italy as Norwegian losses mount
EMEA 10 Sep 2020 Air France Amadeus Inks Air France-KLM To NDC Deal, Eyes Seamlessness, Scale And Surcharges
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Eyes Sustainable Cargo Flights Following Lufthansa
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Air France Air France, Lufthansa And Emirates Hit Hardest By March EU Flight Restrictions
EMEA 09 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Uneasy With French Government’s ‘Good Airbus Customer’ Mandate For Coronavirus Aid
EMEA 27 May 2020 Air France Air France agrees to cut many domestic flights