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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 21 Sep 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa prepares to double job cuts to nearly 40,000
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Announces Reduced Losses for Q3
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Lufthansa SWISS And Lufthansa Airlines Adopt NEC Facial Recognition Technologies
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa sees surge in Christmas holiday flight bookings
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Lufthansa LHG parks 700 aircraft in crisis response
EMEA 01 May 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa aims for autumn restart ‘at the earliest’
EMEA 14 May 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Bailout Sparks Debate in Government About Direct Stake
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Seeks Agreements With Trade Unions To Cut 22,000 Jobs
EMEA 21 Jul 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa set to slash Airbus A350, A320neo deliveries
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Is Adapting To The Challenges Posed By COVID-19
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa's Swiss unit could cut 15% of jobs
EMEA 19 Oct 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa details the future of its first-class experience
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Will Only Offer 25% Of Pre COVID Flights In Q4
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa to cut 1,000 jobs absent a union deal
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 Lufthansa LHG grounds Austrian Airlines
APAC 20 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to put 5,000 flight attendants on temporary rotating furlough
APAC 07 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways Route Network Update for ANA
APAC 14 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA launches flight to Shenzhen, first new route since pandemic
APAC 31 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA further cut April schedules
APAC 03 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Reduces Summer Schedule
APAC 14 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways All Nippon Airways adding more international frequencies in Dec-2020/Jan-2021
APAC 16 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways Reduced flights to North America and Europe
APAC 16 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways Major domestic reductions
APAC 13 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA cuts more flights
APAC 23 Nov 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA looks to raise ¥200 billion in share offering as early as next week
APAC 19 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA adds more Temporary Changes on Select International Routes
APAC 23 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to seek short-term loans
APAC 24 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Temporarily Grounds Airbus A380 Fleet
APAC 15 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Holdings to put 16,000 workers on leave
APAC 17 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to Reduce Int'l Flights by 60 Pct over Coronavirus
APAC 19 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways Furloughs 5,000 Cabin Crew
APAC 07 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA seeks state guarantees as it borrows $12bn
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA will delay reception of aircraft to cut costs: president
APAC 07 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways Japan's ANA sets share price for new issues at 2,286 yen per share
APAC 07 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Becomes First Japanese Airline To Join IATA’s Diversity Campaign
APAC 14 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways Japan's ANA to raise $3.2 billion for post-Covid recovery
North America 09 May 2020 LATAM Delta and LATAM sign trans-American Joint Venture Agreement
Latin America 28 May 2020 LATAM LATAM's bankruptcy filing to delay its Brazil bailout to at least July
Latin America 31 May 2020 LATAM Bankrupt LATAM Airlines Took a $1.7 Billion Q1 Impairment Due To the Pandemic
Latin America 15 Jul 2020 LATAM LATAM’s Passengers Fall 50% But There’s Hope For The Airline
Latin America 18 Aug 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines has laid off 12,600 employees since March amid coronavirus crisis
Latin America 29 Sep 2020 LATAM LATAM Streamlines Flight Booking, Increases Ancillary Revenue With New App
Latin America 20 Mar 2020 LATAM LATAM to cut pay by 50% to its 43,000
Latin America 01 Jun 2020 LATAM LATAM Expects Capacity To Return To 18% In July
Latin America 25 Jun 2020 LATAM LATAM Makes Significant Route Adjustments Across Multiple Countries
Latin America 14 Jul 2020 LATAM Latam Airlines Creditors Slam ‘Insider’ Bankruptcy Financing
Latin America 17 Aug 2020 LATAM The trickle continues in LATAM Argentina: 1,100 employees have already left
Latin America 06 Oct 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines to provide discounts on COVID-19 tests at Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport
Latin America 21 Oct 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines Brasil mulls pilot, crew rehires to cut costs
Latin America 07 Dec 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines to recover 38% of its operations in Dec-2020