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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 07 May 2020 British Airways British Airways Owner Reports $1.8 Billion Loss, Hopes To Resume Flights By July
EMEA 11 May 2020 British Airways British Airways owner says burning cash, quarantine plan will make it worse
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Partners With GOL – Rumours Of A Codeshare
EMEA 23 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways pilots to vote on deal to cut jobs and pay
EMEA 01 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways pilots vote to accept jobs deal
EMEA 25 May 2020 British Airways British Airways planning to rehire sacked staff on worse terms, union says
EMEA 28 May 2020 British Airways British Airways pledges 48 aircraft to raise US$750 million loan
EMEA 29 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Reportedly Lays Off 350 Pilots and Puts 300 in ‘Pool’ for Rehire
EMEA 14 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways Reveals Art To Be Sold To Raise Funds
EMEA 07 May 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS SAYS NO ‘MEANINGFUL’ RETURN TO SERVICE BEFORE JULY
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Says Pandemic Isn’t Deterring Agency Support for Booking Tickets With New Tech Method
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways British Airways scraps London to Sydney flights by Christmas 2020
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways set to be 'UK's first airline to carry out pre-flight Covid-19 tests'
EMEA 20 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways signals the end of its 747 fleet as it cancels training
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 British Airways British Airways suspends more than 30,000
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways takes Flying with Confidence course online
EMEA 07 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Threatens To Dismiss All Pilots And Rehire On Individual Contracts
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways to expand transatlantic Covid-19 testing trial to more routes
EMEA 11 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways to sell art collection to raise cash
EMEA 17 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways will be hit by strikes when airline returns to the skies, passengers fear
EMEA 01 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways workers told to accept pay cuts of up to 60% or face the sack
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways' souvenir sale hits snag as demand soars
EMEA 07 Jun 2020 Government British Airways, Ryanair and EasyJet Could Sue to Overturn UK Quarantine Rules
EMEA 19 Oct 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS: NEW BOSS DEMANDS PRE-FLIGHT TESTING
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Creative Deal With Pilots
EMEA 18 May 2020 British Airways British Airways’ First Boeing 787-10 – Ready For Delivery
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Last Airbus A380 Leaves Chateauroux
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways British government rules out help for airlines
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Brussels Airlines Extends Flight Suspension to 15 May
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Brussels Airlines Brussels Airlines gets approval for €290 million bailout
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Brussels Airlines Brussels Airlines requests state aid
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Brussels Airlines requests state aid
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Brussels Airlines temporarily suspends all its flights as of 21 March until 19 April
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Brussels Airlines Brussels Airlines temporarily suspends all its flights as of 21 March until 19 April
APAC 09 Jul 2020 AirAsia Budget airline AirAsia's future in ‘significant doubt’
Global 15 Sep 2020 Industry Business and general aviation deliveries holding up despite Covid impact
Global 04 Sep 2020 Industry Business aviation boom? Data says otherwise
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Business Travel by the Numbers
North America 04 Aug 2020 Government Business travel CEOs urge U.S. government to take action on COVID testing, tracing and data sharing
North America 22 Oct 2020 Government Calgary To Trial Scrapping Quarantine For Some International Arrivals
Global 09 Jun 2020 Industry Can Airlines – Or Passengers – Afford An Empty Middle Seat?
Global 02 Jun 2020 Industry Can Flight Subscriptions Help Airlines Recover From an Unprecedented Drop in Demand?
North America 19 May 2020 Government Canada and the U.S. Slated to Extend Travel Ban by 30 Days
North America 01 Jul 2020 Government Canada Bans Foreign Travelers Until At Least August
North America 16 Mar 2020 Government Canada closing borders to noncitizens
North America 30 Aug 2020 Government Canada Extends International Travel Restrictions Until October
North America 23 Oct 2020 Government Canada Is Preparing An Airline Bailout Package
North America 03 Jul 2020 Air Canada Canada PM disappointed by Air Canada move to suspend domestic flights
North America 16 May 2020 Air Canada Canada's Trudeau to look at possible further aid for airlines, after Air Canada layoffs
North America 23 Aug 2020 Government Canada’s airlines wait for travel restrictions to ease