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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Global 19 Sep 2020 IATA IATA says onboard transmission of COVID-19 is lower than other public indoor environments
Global 29 Sep 2020 IATA IATA lowers 2020 passenger traffic hopes on stalled recovery
Global 01 Oct 2020 Industry Airline ancillary revenue projections slashed by half for 2020
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Airlines have a key role to play in the distribution of vaccines
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Airports reject vaccine requirement as travel debate intensifies
Global 19 Mar 2020 Industry ARC: February Travel Agency Air Ticket Sales Plummet
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airbus Cuts Commercial Aircraft Production By One ThirdIssue Refunds Not Vouchers, European Union Tells Airlines
Global 15 Apr 2020 Industry OAG: Airline Capacity Cuts Slowed, But Recovery Start At Least a Month Away
Global 28 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel not expected to recover until 2024
Global 16 Aug 2020 IATA IATA: Air traffic will not return to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2024
Global 01 Sep 2020 Industry Airline Pricing Was Broken Long Before COVID-19
Global 14 Sep 2020 Industry Which Airlines Have Turned A Profit So Far In 2020?
Global 16 Sep 2020 Industry NDC in 2020: so close but too far?
Global 24 Sep 2020 Industry How A COVID-19 Vaccine Will Change The Aviation Industry
Global 24 Sep 2020 IATA IATA Chief Says Governments Should Pay For Preflight COVID Tests
Global 02 Oct 2020 Industry Travel buyers estimate significant reduction in 2021 business travel volumes
Global 12 Oct 2020 Industry Subtle shifts in travel may drive long recovery: trade group
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 U.K. to Allow Quarantine Exemption for Some Business Travelers
Global 14 Dec 2020 IATA IATA: Passenger Recovery Disappoints in October
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: travellers race home amid worldwide border closures and flight warnings
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Economics predicts rapid economic recovery post-Covid-19
Global 25 Mar 2020 IATA IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry China becomes the largest aviation market in the world
Global 21 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Slow Recovery Needs Confidence Boosting Measures
Global 28 Apr 2020 COVID-19 100% of Global Destinations Now Have COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, UNWTO Reports
Global 14 May 2020 Government How digital health passports can help restart the air transport industry
Global 19 Jun 2020 Industry Has a golden age of travel passed?
Global 30 Jul 2020 Industry Airlines left doubting if enough people can, or will, travel in 2020
Global 13 Aug 2020 IATA ​IATA downgrades forecast for European passenger numbers in 2020
Global 21 Aug 2020 Industry Airlines walk tightrope on pilot furloughs
Global 04 Sep 2020 Industry Business aviation boom? Data says otherwise
Global 16 Sep 2020 Industry Will COVID-19 Kill International First Class?
Global 07 Oct 2020 Industry How COVID Will Make Aviation A Better Industry
Global 09 Oct 2020 Industry WTTC has a plan to save the travel sector
Global 13 Oct 2020 Industry Soon You Might Not Have To Remove Your Mask To Pass Through Airport Security
Global 14 Oct 2020 IATA Airport group and IATA call for urgent industry-wide support to underpin recovery
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Airlines, When Pent Up Travel Demand Bursts, Will Your Buckets Be Ready?
Global 14 Dec 2020 IATA IATA: European Air Transport COVID-19 Impacts and Recovery to be Worse than other Regions
Global 02 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules
Global 24 Mar 2020 COVID-19 IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Global 25 Mar 2020 Industry GBTA, IATA, Buyers Agree: Travel Has Come to a Halt
Global 07 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry It certainly feels like we’re at the bottom - American Airlines CEO
Global 21 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 29 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airbus first-quarter profit plunges as coronavirus crisis starts to bite
Global 04 Jul 2020 Industry International Flights Are Ramping Up. Slowly. And With Plenty Of Caveats