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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 11 May 2020 Government Turkey sets out virus precautions, prepares for tourism comeback
EMEA 18 May 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Air to Sell New Shares as First Step Towards State Aid
EMEA 29 May 2020 Government Norway to extend airline loan guarantee scheme
EMEA 12 Jun 2020 Government State to consider integrating some Air Italy assets into new Alitalia
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 Air France Air France Ramps Up Flight Schedule as Restrictions Ease
EMEA 19 Jun 2020 Air France France warns Air France-KLM against forced job cuts after state bailout
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 airBaltic airBaltic CEO Says Masks On Planes Won’t Become The New Normal
EMEA 22 Jun 2020 South African Airways Unions Against Proposed South African Airways Rescue Deal
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa’s reactivated fleet to reach 380 aircraft during summer
EMEA 03 Jul 2020 Government England's quarantine scrapped for arrivals from 50 'low risk' countries
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Eyes December Return To Long-Haul Flying
EMEA 19 Aug 2020 Industry European air traffic forecast cut. Capacity recovery loses momentum
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Firms Up Plan to Raise Funds Amid Travel Slump
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic gets creditor support for £1.2bn rescue plan
EMEA 31 Aug 2020 Government Ghana Prepares To Resume International Flights Tomorrow
EMEA 09 Sep 2020 Finnair ​Finnair slashes planned October capacity
EMEA 13 Sep 2020 South African Airways South African Airways Saga Continues As It Needs Funding Again
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Government Saudi Arabia Moves To Reduce International Travel Restrictions
EMEA 18 Sep 2020 South African Airways South African Government Fails To Provide SAA Funding By Deadline
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 KLM Dutch Airline KLM Blames British Quarantine Rules as it Postpones Further Capacity Increases
EMEA 26 Sep 2020 Air France Air France Capacity Down About 50% In November And December
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways Receives $2bn From Its Government
EMEA 08 Oct 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Supports The UK Government’s Testing Plan
EMEA 10 Oct 2020 Alitalia Italian ministers sign decree establishing Alitalia successor
EMEA 16 Oct 2020 Government France to roll out airport testing this month - minister
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 IATA ​IATA downgrades Africa and Middle East traffic forecasts
Global 03 Apr 2020 Government Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 24 Mar 2020 IATA IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Global 24 Apr 2020 Industry Over 100 million jobs losses in the Travel & Tourism sector and alerts G20 countries to the scale of the crisis
Global 02 Jun 2020 Industry Can Flight Subscriptions Help Airlines Recover From an Unprecedented Drop in Demand?
Global 16 Jun 2020 IATA IATA: Continued Government Relief Measures Needed to get Airlines through the Winter
Global 22 Jun 2020 Industry OAG: Weekly Air Capacity Grows in North America But Holds Worldwide
Global 26 Jun 2020 Industry Startups, investors see opportunities and challenges as travel industry struggles with COVID, diversity issues
Global 15 Jul 2020 Industry 9 in 10 From Industry Say Aviation Wasn’t Prepared For COVID
Global 10 Aug 2020 Industry OAG: Capacity Dip This Week Could Indicate Capacity Peak Reached
Global 08 Sep 2020 Industry The TSA Begins Testing Biometric Recognition Checkpoints
Global 09 Sep 2020 Industry To ease travel, agency groups offering rapid Covid testing
Global 23 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines are confronting a future of smaller, leaner operations
Global 06 Oct 2020 IATA IATA: Airlines Are Burning Through $300,000 Per Minute
Global 09 Nov 2020 COVID-19 What the Latest U.S. Airport Security Screening Numbers Tell Us
Global 16 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Chile Set To Allow International Travelers From November 23rd
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Another Study Finds Covid-19 Can Spread On Long Airline Flights
Global 07 Dec 2020 Sabre Sabre CEO Sean Menke on planning beyond the pandemic
Global 16 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe 
Global 18 Mar 2020 Industry Corporate travel on the front line of global incidents
Global 24 Mar 2020 Industry ACTE Suspends Operations Through May
Global 27 Mar 2020 COVID-19 The Airlines Most in Danger of Going Under During the Crisis
Global 13 Apr 2020 Industry What Shape Would the Travel Industry Recovery Look Like? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry ARC expands info page for airline refund processing