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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 02 Oct 2020 Government Argentina Claims Commercial Flights Will Resume In Mid-October
Latin America 03 Apr 2020 Government Argentina extends border closure until 30-Apr-2020
Latin America 03 Apr 2020 Argentina Argentina extends border closure until 30-Apr-2020
Latin America 11 Aug 2020 Government Argentina Won’t Reopen To Flights On September 1st As Expected
Latin America 04 May 2020 Government Argentina’s flight ban extension puts LCCs in peril
Latin America 28 Apr 2020 Government Argentine Budget Airlines Say Government Blindsided Them With Travel Ban
North America 14 Jul 2020 Delta Around 15,000 Delta Staff Are Interested In Leaving Voluntarily
APAC 16 Jul 2020 Government As domestic travel picks up in Japan, players adapt with safety measures, micro-targeting and hybrid models
North America 07 Dec 2020 Air Canada As passengers pushed for refunds, Air Canada got more than $400 million from wage subsidy
APAC 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Asia is on the First Steps Towards Recovery - Hong Kong's Response to COVID-19
APAC 14 Sep 2020 Asiana Airlines Asiana Airlines in ‘close consultation’ with creditors: CEO
Global 09 Jul 2020 Industry Assessing the Damage: The Airline Industry’s Grim First Half
North America 09 Sep 2020 Government ASTA: Senate's Covid relief bill wouldn't do enough
APAC 04 Sep 2020 Government Australia Extends Outbound Travel Ban Until Mid-December
APAC 11 Oct 2020 Government Australia in travel talks with Japan, Korea as coronavirus cases ease
APAC 12 Jul 2020 Government Australia seeks to move towards uniform quarantine model across all states and territories
APAC 28 Sep 2020 Government Australia To Continue Supporting Some Domestic Flights Into 2021
Asia Pacific 23 Nov 2020 Serko Australia, New Zealand Demand Bounce Boosts Serko
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Government Australian Government Could Subsidize Airline Routes
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Australian Government Rules Out Virgin Australia Bailout
APAC 17 Jun 2020 Government Australia’s Borders Likely to Stay Closed to International Tourists Until 2021
APAC 11 Sep 2020 Tigerair Australia’s Tigerair Closes Down After 13 Years Of Operation
EMEA 29 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Austria says it might demand Lufthansa stake for Austrian Airlines aid
Asia Pacific 09 Nov 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines Moving Forward With Mandatory COVID Tests
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines to suspend all operations
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Austrian Airlines to suspend all operations
EMEA 23 Oct 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines Trials Rapid Pre-Departure COVID Tests In Vienna
EMEA 07 Oct 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian cuts back winter capacity as Covid-19 cases rise
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Austrian Extends Flight Grounding Until Mid-April
Latin America 15 Sep 2020 Avianca Avianca appeals order that blocked $370 million emergency loan
Latin America 25 Jun 2020 Avianca Avianca Could Stop Paying Some Employees For Up To A Year
Latin America 10 May 2020 Avianca Avianca Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In The US
Latin America 30 Aug 2020 Avianca Avianca Holdings S.A. Issues Statement on Debtor-in-Possession Financing and Government of Colombia Financing Commitment
Latin America 28 Aug 2020 Avianca Avianca Looks To Resume Operations With 14 Domestic Routes
Latin America 13 May 2020 Avianca Avianca Peru is being liquidated
Latin America 25 Sep 2020 Avianca Avianca To Restart International Flights From Colombia On Monday
Latin America 15 Oct 2020 Avianca Avianca Will Furlough 30% Of Its Workforce By 2022
EMEA 24 Mar 2020 Avianca Avianca will suspend all operations from 25 March through at least 12 April
Latin America 06 Oct 2020 Avianca Avianca’s $2 Billion Financing Approved In New York
Global 03 Sep 2020 Industry Aviation may not recover until 2024: trade group
EMEA 27 Apr 2020 Industry Aviation recovery – Importance of a coordinated approach
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Aviation taxes would endanger fleet renewal: Air France-KLM chief
North America 13 Oct 2020 Government Avoiding Quarantine In Hawaii – How The Testing Program Works
Latin America 16 Jun 2020 LATAM Azul and LATAM Airlines Brazil announce codeshare and frequent flyer agreements
Latin America 13 Oct 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul Hopes To Burn Through Less Than $450,000 A Day In Q4
Latin America 14 Sep 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul Receives Government Loan Proposal Worth $376m
Latin America 24 Mar 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul will cut capacity by 90% to just 70 flights in Brazil from March 25 to April 30
Europe 23 Nov 2020 British Airways BA & AA launch COVID-19 trials on TransAtlantic routes
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 British Airways BA CEO: Recovery Will Be Very Long, with Some Changes Permanent
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Continues Flights Via Sing Despite Transit Ban