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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Latin America 19 Sep 2020 LATAM Brazil Approves Delta And LATAM’s Joint Venture
Latin America 17 Oct 2020 LATAM LATAM Gradually Restores Passenger Operations
Latin America 19 Oct 2020 Industry How Brazil’s Aviation Recovery Is Progressing
Latin America 16 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Despegar gets gentle uptick in fortunes from Brazil and Mexico domestic travel
Latin America 17 Mar 2020 LATAM Chile closes borders as Latam grounds flights over pandemic
Latin America 24 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM Brazil Wants To Stop Flying But Can’t
Latin America 10 May 2020 Avianca Avianca Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In The US
Latin America 17 May 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines Brasil to resume Frankfurt connectivity on 19-May-2020
Latin America 09 Jul 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines adds $1.3 billion to bankruptcy financing proposal, Brazil unit seeks protection
Latin America 11 Aug 2020 Government Colombia Is Set To Open Up Domestic Flights On 1 September
Latin America 08 Sep 2020 Government IATA: 'We do not want Argentina to continue losing connectivity'
Latin America 25 Sep 2020 Avianca Avianca To Restart International Flights From Colombia On Monday
Latin America 19 Oct 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines Group capacity down 80% year-on-year in Sep-2020
Latin America 09 Nov 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico: Passenger numbers up 22.9% in October
Europe 16 Nov 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Air’s Future on Thin Ice as Government Declines More Aid
Europe 23 Nov 2020 KLM Route Network Update for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air France French state to double Air France stake, RTL radio reports
Europe 07 Dec 2020 KLM Delta Air Lines and KLM to offer COVID tested flights from Atlanta to Amsterdam
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France French Gov. set to double its existing 14% stake in the Air France-KLM group
Europe 14 Dec 2020 KLM Greenpeace demand to stop KLM bailout dismissed
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Finnair Finnair defers delivery of three remaining Airbus A350s
Europe 16 Nov 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Records Its Lowest Monthly Load Factor In October
Europe 23 Nov 2020 British Airways BA & AA launch COVID-19 trials on TransAtlantic routes
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air France Air France KLM : Airlines try COVID-19 tested transatlantic flights to build confidence
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Partners With GOL – Rumours Of A Codeshare
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France Route Network Update for Air France
Europe 14 Dec 2020 KLM Delta and KLM's Pre-flight Testing Program Will Allow Americans to Travel to Amsterdam Without Quarantine
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Emirates How Emirates Is Adapting With COVID-19
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Three Lufthansa Group Airlines Got New CEOs Last Week
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Says Pandemic Isn’t Deterring Agency Support for Booking Tickets With New Tech Method
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Eyes Sustainable Cargo Flights Following Lufthansa
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways banned from Hong Kong
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa airlines to offer biometric identity verification for passengers
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways' souvenir sale hits snag as demand soars
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways to expand transatlantic Covid-19 testing trial to more routes
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in talks on $7 billion cash raise
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group to adopt buy on board
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa to Cut Nearly 40,000 More Jobs: Report
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Last Airbus A380 Leaves Chateauroux
Europe 14 Dec 2020 COVID-19 UK quarantine reduced from 14 to ten days
Europe 16 Nov 2020 KLM KLM Is Gearing Up For Transporting COVID Vaccines
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Aviation taxes would endanger fleet renewal: Air France-KLM chief
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
Europe 09 Nov 2020 KLM Dutch Government Approves Loan Package For KLM
Europe 16 Nov 2020 KLM KLM reduces capacity in Europe in response to second coronavirus wave
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Air France-KLM prepares COVID-19 vaccine airlift
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa to cut 1,000 jobs absent a union deal
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways British Airways scraps London to Sydney flights by Christmas 2020
Europe 16 Nov 2020 British Airways Goldman is back on board owner of British Airways