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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort descending
EMEA 25 Apr 2020 KLM Dutch and French pump billions into ‘essential’ airlines KLM and Air France
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Air France Dutch Back Air France-KLM Bailout After Pilots Agree Wage Deal
Europe 09 Nov 2020 KLM Dutch Government Approves Loan Package For KLM
EMEA 25 Jul 2020 British Airways EasyJet and British Airways plan to continue UK-Spain flights
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 EasyJet EasyJet Grounds Entire Fleet, Furloughs Crew
EMEA 28 May 2020 EasyJet EasyJet plans up to 4,500 job cuts
EMEA 25 Jun 2020 EasyJet EasyJet raises $520 mln to bolster COVID-hit finances
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 COVID-19 EasyJet secures £600m coronavirus loan from UK Treasury and Bank
EMEA 14 Jun 2020 Government Egypt to reopen all airports on July 1, aviation minister says
EMEA 10 Jun 2020 El Al El Al airline may be heading back into state hands
EMEA 19 Aug 2020 El Al El Al Extends Flight Suspension To October
EMEA 16 Jul 2020 El Al El Al Extends Flight Suspension Until September
EMEA 26 May 2020 El Al El Al Is Still Awaiting Government Assistance
EMEA 19 Jun 2020 El Al El Al Now Won’t Operate Commerical Flights Until August
EMEA 13 Sep 2020 El Al El Al prepares to embark on crucial funding exercise
EMEA 19 Sep 2020 El Al El Al Prepares To Reopen Passenger Flights From October
EMEA 17 May 2020 El Al El Al reports a net loss of $60 million in 2019
EMEA 07 Jul 2020 El Al El Al Rescue Plan Finally Approved
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 El Al El Al Won’t Operate Any Scheduled Flights In April
Asia Pacific 16 Nov 2020 Emirates Emirates airline posts first loss in more than 30 years
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Emirates Emirates And Etihad Ask Flight Crew To Take Unpaid Leave
EMEA 09 Jul 2020 Emirates Emirates and flydubai move close to merger, Emirates CCO says
Asia Pacific 16 Nov 2020 Emirates Emirates And FlySafair Announce Interlining Agreement
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Emirates Emirates becomes first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers
EMEA 17 May 2020 Emirates Emirates Considers Cutting 30,000 Jobs, Retire A380s Faster
EMEA 01 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates could take four years to resume flying to entire network
EMEA 20 Aug 2020 Emirates Emirates Eyes 100% Route Recovery By Next Summer
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates Implementing Mass Job Cuts
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates Lays Off More Pilots, Cabin Crew as Part of Thousands of Job Cuts
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 Emirates Emirates looking to restore U.S. network as soon as possible
EMEA 24 Jul 2020 Emirates Emirates offers to pay passengers’ Covid-19 medical and quarantine expenses
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 Emirates Emirates protects and prepares its all wide-body fleet
EMEA 16 Oct 2020 Emirates Emirates rejects the new norm, sees robust recovery
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 Emirates Emirates revival signals slow end to A380 hibernation
EMEA 23 Oct 2020 Emirates Emirates Rolls Out Fully Biometric Experience In Dubai
EMEA 07 Dec 2020 Emirates Emirates Takes Delivery Of New Airbus A380
Middle East 14 Dec 2020 Emirates Emirates Takes Its 117th Airbus A380 As It Awaits First With Premium Economy
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 Emirates Emirates to cut up to 9,000 jobs
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Emirates Emirates to receive capital injection from Dubai government
EMEA 06 Sep 2020 Emirates Emirates To Restore Employee Salaries To 100% By October
EMEA 19 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates To Resume Flights To 10 More Cities Including Washington
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 Emirates Emirates to Resume Limited Passenger Service April 6
EMEA 15 Sep 2020 Emirates Emirates Warns Of UK Workforce Reduction
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Emirates Emirates Will Launch The World’s Longest Flight Since Lockdown
APAC 05 May 2020 Industry Emirates' Tim Clark: Coronavirus is a black swan event for the airline industry
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Emirates Emirates, Etihad to stop flying entirely following UAE ban
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Etihad Emirates, Etihad to stop flying entirely following UAE ban
EMEA 03 Jul 2020 Government England's quarantine scrapped for arrivals from 50 'low risk' countries
North America 24 Aug 2020 American Airlines EPA Grants Special Approval to American Airlines for Antiviral Product
EMEA 04 Sep 2020 South African Airways Ethiopian Airlines in rescue talks with South African Airways -CEO