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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
North America 16 Aug 2020 Government Hawaii Seems Likely To Delay Reopening Beyond September 1st
North America 17 Aug 2020 United United makes new move to limit attendant furloughs in case Congress fails to act
North America 17 Aug 2020 Government Jamaica now requires all U.S. visitors to provide a Covid test result
North America 22 Aug 2020 United United Airlines' Covid-19 safety measures are 'a way of life,' top Houston exec says
North America 23 Aug 2020 Government Canada’s airlines wait for travel restrictions to ease
North America 31 Aug 2020 Delta Delta permanently eliminates change fees for most domestic tickets
North America 04 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines targets younger fliers during pandemic
North America 08 Sep 2020 Delta Delta and Virgin Australia suspend transpacific partnership as latter restructures
North America 09 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Says Could Seek Larger Treasury Loan, Defer 737 MAX Deliveries
North America 08 Sep 2020 Industry TSA Hits Highest Passenger Numbers Since March
North America 11 Sep 2020 Southwest Southwest CEO Believes No Change Fees Won’t Help Other Carriers
North America 17 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Launches Monthly Infinite Flight Pass
North America 16 Sep 2020 United United Plans Fleetwide Use of Antimicrobial Product
North America 19 Sep 2020 Delta Delta to turn down CARES Act loan, take on debt backed by SkyMiles
North America 29 Sep 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Takes First Steps to Open International Markets to Travel with Preflight COVID-19 Testing
North America 06 Oct 2020 United United Airlines Trying New Partnership To Land Business Travelers
North America 09 Oct 2020 Delta Delta CEO on what the airline industry needs to survive
North America 13 Oct 2020 Delta Delta: Most Corp. Customers Have Resumed Some Level of Business Travel
North America 18 Oct 2020 Industry US airline operators brace for the long road back
North America 21 Oct 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines To Resume US’ Longest Domestic Flight
North America 20 Oct 2020 Government The Trump administration let aviation companies lay off more than 16,500 workers while taking coronavirus relief funds — some used the money to pay executives — according to a congressional report
North America 21 Oct 2020 Delta Delta CEO says airline will continue COVID-19 middle seat policy 'well into next year'
North America 16 Nov 2020 American Airlines American Airlines restarts China flights, bringing U.S. weekly total to 10
North America 16 Nov 2020 Southwest Southwest report shows rising virus cases are hitting travel
North America 07 Dec 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Route Network Update for Hawaiian Airlines
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada The Air Canada strike that came too close to Christmas
North America 14 Dec 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines just added 4 new routes to the US mainland as demand for travel to the islands explodes
North America 14 Dec 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines Continues To Grow With New Domestic Routes
North America 16 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Systemwide flight capacity cuts in April and May
North America 16 Mar 2020 Delta Delta parking up to 300 aircraft, Deferring new aircraft deliveries
North America 19 Mar 2020 Delta COVID-19 restrictions affect additional Delta flying
North America 23 Mar 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA drastically cuts down domestic, international flights
North America 27 Mar 2020 Alaska Airways Alaska Air slashes flights by 70%, draws down $400M from credit line
North America 07 Apr 2020 Delta Delta slashes New York network
North America 09 Apr 2020 RavnAir Alaska regional carrier RavnAir files Chapter 11
North America 13 Apr 2020 United UA delays launch of 10 seasonal intl services to Jul-2020
North America 15 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian among airlines to share $25B in payroll aid
North America 20 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA to get $650M in federal aid to continue operating
North America 20 Apr 2020 Government DOT rejects Spirit and JetBlue requests to drop U.S. destinations
North America 16 Mar 2020 Government Canada closing borders to noncitizens
North America 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 The Case for Shutting Down U.S. Airlines Now
North America 27 Mar 2020 Government Senate's Coronavirus Relief Package Draws Some Industry Praise
North America 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus' Impact on Travel Is 9 Times Greater than September 11
North America 26 Apr 2020 Delta Delta to park A320s, many 737s for length of coronavirus downturn
North America 28 Apr 2020 Delta Delta seeks to suspend service to some airports
North America 30 Apr 2020 American Airlines American Airlines: Smaller Airline Won't Mean Fewer Hubs
North America 14 May 2020 Delta Delta to retire Boeing 777s as pandemic dims outlook for international travel
North America 14 May 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines reveals plan to retire its Boeing 777 fleet
North America 21 May 2020 United United Airlines Will Try to Avoid Further Job Cuts
North America 27 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada seeks to raise more than $1B to boost cash position