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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort descending Date Organization Summary
Africa 06 May 2020 IATA IATA: Urgent Appeal to International Community to Support African Travel and Tourism Sector
Africa 23 Nov 2020 South African Airways South African Airways Sells Everything From Chopsticks To Luggage
Asia Pacific 16 Nov 2020 Emirates Emirates And FlySafair Announce Interlining Agreement
Asia Pacific 16 Nov 2020 Etihad Etihad Airways To Ground Its A380 Fleet Indefinitely
Asia Pacific 16 Nov 2020 Emirates Emirates airline posts first loss in more than 30 years
Asia Pacific 07 Dec 2020 Government Melbourne Receives Its First International Arrivals In Months
Asia Pacific 23 Nov 2020 Serko Australia, New Zealand Demand Bounce Boosts Serko
Asia Pacific 14 Dec 2020 Government New Zealand Agrees To Full Australian Travel Bubble
Asia Pacific 23 Nov 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Australia's new boss Jayne Hrdlicka launches plan for revamped airline
Asia Pacific 14 Dec 2020 Qantas Qantas no outlier in outsourcing push
Asia Pacific 09 Nov 2020 Garuda Indonesia Garuda sees quarterly losses narrow on revenue uptick
Asia Pacific 09 Nov 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines Moving Forward With Mandatory COVID Tests
Asia Pacific 07 Dec 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Australia CEO: 'Good news will keep coming from Virgin Australia'
Asia Pacific 23 Nov 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific says demand for Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble flights was ‘overwhelming’, before Covid-19 fourth wave forced delay
Asia Pacific 07 Dec 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Collaborates with AXA to Provide Free COVID-19 Insurance to Passengers
Asia Pacific 14 Dec 2020 Government China Bans the Tripadvisor App Controlled by the Country’s Own Trip.com Group
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
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways Fresh lockdown prompts British Airways to suspend Gatwick flights
Europe 16 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa operates first Covid-tested flight
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Becomes Latest Airline to Offer COVID Free flights With Rapid Pre-Departure Testing
Europe 16 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa, Swiss & Austrian To Stay As Premium Airlines
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Records 96% Capacity Drop In November As It Looks To Christmas
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Government Hong Kong temporarily bans British Airways, Emirates, KLM
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa is bleeding, preparing for a “difficult” winter
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Iberia Iberia Is Flying To 70% Of Its Pre-Crisis Destinations
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Upgauges Domestic Flight Amid Higher Demand
Europe 09 Nov 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Facing An Uncertain Future: Lack Of Government Support
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Air’s Luck Runs Out, Files for Bankruptcy in Ireland