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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
North America 30 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Permanently Eliminates Change Fees
North America 16 Sep 2020 United United Airlines pilot union voting to save thousands of jobs
North America 10 Oct 2020 United United Airlines Plans to Extend Pre-Flight Rapid COVID-19 Flight Attendant Testing
North America 04 May 2020 United United Airlines Plans To Lay Off More Than One Third Of Pilots
North America 01 May 2020 United United Airlines posts quarterly loss, shores up $9.6 billion in liquidity
North America 10 Sep 2020 United United Airlines Reaches Deal To Avoid Pilot Furloughs
North America 15 Oct 2020 United United Airlines reports $1.8 billion quarterly loss, but pins hopes on recovery in 2022
North America 20 Apr 2020 United United Airlines reports $2.1B quarterly loss
North America 05 Jun 2020 United United Airlines restores flights at 150 U.S., Canadian destinations in July, add nonstops
North America 16 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Saves Just 3,500 Flight Attendant Jobs Through Voluntary Measures; Proposes Last-Ditch Plan
North America 15 May 2020 United United Airlines says it needs only 3,000 of its 25,000 flight attendants
North America 01 May 2020 United United Airlines says pandemic is worst crisis in aviation history
North America 03 Apr 2020 United United Airlines says revenue is down by $100M a day
North America 10 May 2020 United United Airlines Scraps $2.25 Billion Debt Sale Due to Weak Investor Appetite
North America 01 May 2020 United United Airlines sees positive uptick in flight searches, but only for travel next year
North America 14 Dec 2020 United United Airlines Starts New Route From Chicago To Delhi
North America 13 Jul 2020 United United Airlines Stock Won’t See a Recovery Any Time Soon
North America 17 Jun 2020 United United Airlines sweetens exit deal for flight attendants, others
North America 15 Aug 2020 United United Airlines takes multi-layered approach to assure safety for customers, employees
North America 08 Jul 2020 United United Airlines Tells 36,000 Employees They Might Lose Their Jobs
North America 21 Oct 2020 United United Airlines tests COVID-19 ‘health pass’ to kick-start global travel again
North America 16 Jun 2020 United United Airlines to ban passengers not wearing masks
North America 28 May 2020 United United Airlines To Focus On Preserving Cash Vs Acquiring New Aircraft
North America 02 Sep 2020 United United Airlines to involuntarily furlough 16,370
North America 29 Jun 2020 United United Airlines to resume China flights on July 8
North America 06 Oct 2020 United United Airlines Trying New Partnership To Land Business Travelers
North America 28 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Unveils New Algorithm to Help It Target Empty Flights
North America 15 May 2020 United United Airlines Wants Back Into China But Regulatory Hurdles Remain
North America 07 Jul 2020 United United Airlines warns of lower bookings, furloughs
North America 23 Mar 2020 United United Airlines warns of massive layoffs without ‘sufficient’ federal
North America 22 Sep 2020 United United Airlines Will Remain Half Its Size Until Vaccine Is Widely Distributed: CEO
North America 21 May 2020 United United Airlines Will Try to Avoid Further Job Cuts
North America 22 Aug 2020 United United Airlines' Covid-19 safety measures are 'a way of life,' top Houston exec says
North America 13 Jul 2020 United United Airlines, Pilots Reach Deal on Voluntary Separations
North America 20 Sep 2020 United United Airlines, unions call for 6-month extension of federal aid, restart of stimulus negotiations
North America 21 Jul 2020 Government United and American Air CEOs Ask European Governments to Loosen Restrictions on Transatlantic Travel
North America 09 Jul 2020 United United and American Airlines cancel Hong Kong flights over crew Covid-19 tests
North America 01 Oct 2020 United United And American Airlines Tell 32,000 Employees They're Now On Furlough
North America 13 Sep 2020 United United CEO says travel demand unlikely to recover until vaccine is widely distributed
North America 16 Sep 2020 United United CEO: Business travel will come back — eventually
North America 22 Jul 2020 United United CEO: We won't be 'anywhere close to normal' until there's vaccine
North America 29 May 2020 United United cuts 13 high-level executives as travel demand ‘still a very long way from where it was’
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 United United cuts May flights by 90 percent, tells employees to brace for job cuts
North America 09 Sep 2020 United United expands no-change-fee policy just 10 days after introducing it
North America 06 Aug 2020 United United Extends Global Services Memberships Through January 2022
North America 02 Oct 2020 United United Focuses on Resuming Latin America, Caribbean Routes in November
North America 03 Sep 2020 United United Introduces New Tools To Help Passengers Plan Travel
North America 09 Nov 2020 United United is bringing back food, beer and wine. Here's what is (and isn't) on the pandemic menu
North America 06 Jul 2020 United United Is Bringing Snacks & Alcohol Back to Flights
North America 15 Jun 2020 United United is mortgaging its frequent flyer program to raise $5 billion