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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
APAC 03 Jun 2020 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines Grows Domestic Network After Full Restoration Of Flights
APAC 15 Oct 2020 Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines Records Net Loss Of Over $460mn
EMEA 28 May 2020 Kuwait Airways Kuwait Airways To Cut 1,500 Jobs
EMEA 29 May 2020 Kenya Airways Kenya Airways to receive another USD37m in government support in Jul-2020
EMEA 09 Sep 2020 Oman Air Oman Air to resume scheduled flights from October
EMEA 27 May 2020 Oman Air Oman Air Becomes Latest To Adopt Full Body PPE For Crew
APAC 17 May 2020 China Southern Airlines China Southern Sees Continued Rebound In Domestic Travel
North America 30 Jun 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant Air Leads April 2020 Cancellations At 84.7%
North America 14 Oct 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant has the secret sauce for surviving Covid-19
North America 09 Oct 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant burned $1.3 million daily during third quarter
North America 12 Oct 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant hopes its focus on underserved routes will help it beat coronavirus
North America 13 May 2020 Allegiant Air Allegiant loses $33 million in the first quarter
EMEA 20 Oct 2020 airBaltic airBaltic has cash until 2025 unless no recovery by 2Q21
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 airBaltic airBaltic CEO Says Masks On Planes Won’t Become The New Normal
EMEA 09 May 2020 airBaltic airBaltic Secures €250 Million From Latvian Government
EMEA 19 Sep 2020 Iberia Iberia Reorganizes Management Structure
EMEA 01 May 2020 Iberia IAG’s Iberia & Vueling Receive €1 Billion In Loans
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 Iberia Iberia Says Fleet Reduction Is Not Temporary
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Iberia Iberia Is Flying To 70% Of Its Pre-Crisis Destinations
EMEA 01 May 2020 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Could Cut 900 Jobs
EMEA 03 Oct 2020 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Offers Summer Schedule With Flexible Booking Options
APAC 29 Jul 2020 SpiceJet SpiceJet Posts $108 Million Loss Due To MAX Grounding And COVID
APAC 29 Apr 2020 SpiceJet SpiceJet says no salary for April-May, cargo pilots to get paid on hourly basis
EMEA 03 Oct 2020 SWISS SWISS Plans On Flying To 85% Of Its Destinations This Winter
EMEA 01 May 2020 SWISS SWISS to receive government-backed loans to help it through the liquidity
North America 16 Nov 2020 Virgin Atlantic How A ‘Bold And Decisive’ Attitude Helped Virgin Survive COVID
EMEA 05 Oct 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic starts COVID-19 tests on crews as hopes rise for UK airport testing
EMEA 20 Jul 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Resumes Passenger Flights After 3 Month Break
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Now Offers Free COVID-19 Insurance For All Passengers
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Works To Finalize Support For £1 Billion Bailout
EMEA 05 May 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic to cut 3,000 jobs and quit Gatwick
EMEA 27 Apr 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic still seeking govt loans to mitigate COVID-19 impacts
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic High Court To Vote On Virgin Atlantic Rescue Deal Tomorrow
EMEA 26 Apr 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic hires bank in search for emergency funds
EMEA 04 Sep 2020 Virgin Atlantic VIRGIN Atlantic has today confirmed it will cut a further 1,150 jobs despite securing a £1.2billion rescue deal.
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic gets creditor support for £1.2bn rescue plan
EMEA 08 Oct 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Supports The UK Government’s Testing Plan
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Works To Finalize Support For £1 Billion Bailout
EMEA 27 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Is Giving Away COVID-19 Insurance to Get Passengers Flying Again
EMEA 02 Sep 2020 Virgin Atlantic UK court formally backs Virgin Atlantic restructuring plan
EMEA 04 Sep 2020 Virgin Atlantic Court Approves Virgin Atlantic Restructuring Plan
APAC 14 Dec 2020 Japan Airlines JAL to Provide Covid-19 Coverage for International Travelers
APAC 07 Oct 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines aims for discount network to capture post-coronavirus tourism
APAC 25 Apr 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines looking to tap banks for $2.8 billion in funding: NHK
APAC 17 May 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines Outlines Skeleton International Schedule For June
APAC 10 Jul 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines and Malaysia Airlines to launch joint business
APAC 03 Aug 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines Reports A $885 Million Loss Due To COVID-19
APAC 26 Apr 2020 Philippine Airlines Philippine Airlines suspends all services until 15-May-2020
APAC 26 Apr 2020 SriLankan Airlines SriLankan Airlines extends temporary suspension of passenger services to 15-May-2020
EMEA 25 Apr 2020 Wizz Low cost airline Wizz to restart some flights from UK's Luton airport