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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 24 Sep 2020 Air Astana Air Astana’s Domestic Network Is Stronger Than Ever Despite COVID
APAC 28 Sep 2020 Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong Airlines Seeks To Cut Flight Attendant Salaries
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines first-half revenue falls by two-thirds
APAC 14 Sep 2020 Asiana Airlines Asiana Airlines in ‘close consultation’ with creditors: CEO
Global 17 Sep 2020 Travelport Travelport Dodges Bankruptcy Thanks to $500 Million Pact With Lenders
Latin America 11 Sep 2020 Volaris Volaris Seeks $165 Million In Liquidity
North America 14 Oct 2020 Volaris Volaris Expects To Operate 95% Of Pre-COVID Schedule By New Year
North America 23 Oct 2020 Volaris Volaris Lost $97 Million In 3Q
North America 11 Sep 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Needs Support To Avoid 2,000+ Layoffs
North America 10 Sep 2020 Air Transat Transat’s fiscal Q3 yields 99% decline in revenue
North America 19 Oct 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Expects More Layoffs With Vancouver Base Closure
EMEA 09 Sep 2020 Ethiopian Airlines COVID Hasn’t Stopped Ethiopian’s $5 Billion Mega-Hub
EMEA 11 Sep 2020 Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian’s Operations Are At 40% Of Pre-COVID Levels
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 Air Europa Spain’s Air Europa may get €450m aid, resumes more int’l ops
EMEA 08 Sep 2020 Air Europa Air Europa Requests €400 Million In State Aid Ahead Of IAG Deal
APAC 26 Oct 2020 Google Google says COVID boosted OTA usage in APAC
Global 13 Aug 2020 Google Google adds hotel and flight availability data and 'free cancellation' filter
Global 16 Oct 2020 Google Google Appoints Amex GBT as Sole Global TMC
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Air Serbia The Impact Of COVID-19 On Air Serbia
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Eyes August Return To Israel & Russia
EMEA 16 Oct 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Launches Recruitment Push
APAC 15 Jul 2020 Air India Air India Expects Some Staff To Take 5 Years Of Unpaid Leave!
APAC 21 Sep 2020 Air India Air India And Cathay Dragon Receive Hong Kong Flight Bans
Latin America 20 Jul 2020 Interjet What Needs To Happen For Interjet To Successfully Fly Away From Its Crisis?
North America 13 Jul 2020 Interjet Interjet Has Secured $150 Million In New Investments
EMEA 08 Jul 2020 Air Mauritius Air Mauritius seeks buyers for five aircraft
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 Air Namibia Air Namibia Grounding Overturned By Court
APAC 04 Aug 2020 Garuda Indonesia Garuda posts $723 million first-half loss
APAC 01 Jul 2020 Garuda Indonesia Garuda posts sharp fall in first-quarter operating profit
Asia Pacific 09 Nov 2020 Garuda Indonesia Garuda sees quarterly losses narrow on revenue uptick
North America 29 Jul 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Lost Over $1 Billion In H1 As Passengers Dropped 50%
North America 21 Oct 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Reports A $136 Million Loss For Q3
North America 06 Jul 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Plans To Reject 19 Aircraft Lease Contracts
North America 30 Jun 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico files for bankruptcy
Latin America 09 Nov 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico: Passenger numbers up 22.9% in October
North America 14 Aug 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Is Looking For $1B USD In Financing
North America 22 Sep 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Allowed To Modify Leasing Agreements By NY Court
North America 12 Oct 2020 Aeroméxico New York Okays $1 Billion In Financing For Aeromexico
EMEA 19 Jun 2020 TUI fly TUIfly set for difficult talks as it bids to halve fleet
EMEA 22 Sep 2020 TUI fly TUI brings down winter capacity as short-term booking trend persists
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 Level Europe ​Level France becomes latest coronavirus crisis airline casualty
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 Level Europe IAG’s Austrian Airline Level Europe Files for Insolvency
EMEA 02 Aug 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Resumes Some International Commercial Services
EMEA 07 Sep 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Will Resume Flights On Three International Routes
EMEA 30 Jul 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot revenue falls 85% in Q2, all hopes on domestic flights
EMEA 07 Jul 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot chief sets out expectations for restoration of international network
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 Aeroflot Russian State Wants Greater Stake in Aeroflot in Return for $1 Billion Bailout Package
EMEA 22 Sep 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Sees Domestic Travel Make A Full Recovery
APAC 15 Oct 2020 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines Records Net Loss Of Over $460mn
APAC 20 Sep 2020 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines Flies First International Flight Since March