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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
EMEA 26 Sep 2020 Air France Air France Capacity Down About 50% In November And December
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 Air France Government will stand behind airline
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Air France Air France Line Up for Gov-Backed Bailout
EMEA 19 Apr 2020 Air France AF to run 30% of its flights from July onwards
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 Air France Air France Readies Plan for 8,300 Voluntary Job Cuts
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Air France Air France’s Fleet Plans: What Does The Future Hold?
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Posts €2.6B Q2 Loss
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 Air France Air France to operate 50 per cent of schedules during November and December
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Seeks $6.5 Billion Lifeline From Government
EMEA 18 May 2020 Air France Air France now offering cash refunds for cancelled flights
EMEA 24 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Receives Its Last Boeing 787-9 Delivery
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Ready For More Network Cuts If Recovery Lags
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Air France French government announces 'historic' €7 billion aid package for Air France-KLM
EMEA 26 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Sees Traffic at 70% by Year-End If All Feel Safe
Europe 29 Apr 2020 Air France Air France must cut emissions, domestic flights for aid: minister
EMEA 04 May 2020 Air France EU clears 7 billion euros in state aid for Air France
EMEA 11 May 2020 Air France Air France boosts its passenger Covid measures
EMEA 01 Jul 2020 Air France Air France plans to cut 6,500 jobs by 2022
EMEA 19 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Starts To Reinstate Inflight Meal Services
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France CEOs From Air France and Ryanair See Different Flight Paths to a Travel Recovery
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 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
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
EMEA 14 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM and French travel stocks hit by UK quarantine measure
EMEA 26 May 2020 Air France AIR FRANCE-KLM CEO AWARDED €768K BONUS; DUTCH GOV'T VOTES AGAINST
EMEA 31 May 2020 Air France Air France Adds Simulator Training For Pilots Unable To Fly Due To COVID-19
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in talks on $7 billion cash raise
EMEA 26 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Could Operate Trains On Domestic Routes
EMEA 26 Jun 2020 Air France Netherlands agrees to contribute 3.4bil euros to Air France-KLM bailout
EMEA 02 Oct 2020 Air France Air France Is Now The Only Continental European Airline Flying To India
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Aviation taxes would endanger fleet renewal: Air France-KLM chief