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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 18 Aug 2020 Delta For Delta Air Lines, It’s Not About the Middle Seats
North America 23 Aug 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines Commits To Blocking Middle Seats Through 2021
North America 31 Aug 2020 Delta Delta, American Join United in Eliminating Domestic Change Fees
North America 01 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines (DAL) Q3 Earnings Expected to Decline
North America 17 Apr 2020 Delta Delta, American, United Allow Free Name Changes on Corporate Tickets
North America 28 May 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines will shrink its European footprint after coronavirus
North America 01 Jun 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines working to avoid furloughing 2,300 pilots
North America 23 Jun 2020 Delta Delta CEO says airline won't forcibly remove passengers without masks, calls for federal mandate
North America 15 Jul 2020 Delta Delta steers 17,000 staff into early retirement
North America 12 Aug 2020 Delta In a test, Delta checks passenger temps at LAX
North America 24 Aug 2020 Delta Delta Looks To Add 50 Transatlantic Routes Next Summer
North America 05 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Extends Seat Blocking Policy Until 2021
North America 22 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines could deal $5 billion blow to Airbus in recovery
North America 31 Mar 2020 Delta Delta outlines international flying schedule for April
North America 03 Apr 2020 Delta Delta extends ability to rebook impacted travel for up to 2 years
North America 19 May 2020 Delta Delta to offer buyouts, early retirement package
North America 28 May 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines Updates Summer Flight Schedule
North America 11 Aug 2020 Delta Delta CEO warns of 'furloughs in the tens of thousands' for airline industry if stimulus talks remain at stalemate
North America 17 Oct 2020 Delta How Delta’s stake in the private jet industry could be a lifeline for the airline
North America 07 Dec 2020 Delta Delta Cuts Cash Burn Almost 50% As It Aims For Break-Even Spring
North America 09 Apr 2020 Delta Delta Blocks Middle Seats
North America 20 May 2020 Delta Delta CEO: More summer flights seen as U.S. travel slowly rises
North America 11 Jun 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines offers workers incentives to leave voluntarily
North America 23 Jun 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines Reports 500 Confirmed Coronavirus Cases and 10 Deaths among Staff
North America 14 Jul 2020 Delta Delta cuts summer flying as demand stalls due to coronavirus, posts $5.7 billion quarterly loss
North America 23 Nov 2020 Delta Delta CEO calls New York-London travel corridor 'complicated,' as airlines aim to revive transatlantic travel
North America 07 Dec 2020 Delta Delta will be the first US airline to help CDC with COVID-19 contact tracing
North America 14 Dec 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines asks more employees to take furloughs amid new coronavirus spike, travel slump
North America 26 May 2020 Delta Delta Cancels A350 Purchase From LATAM, Continues Joint-Venture Despite LATAM’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing
North America 04 Jun 2020 Delta Delta will cap seating, block middle seats through September
North America 11 Jun 2020 Delta Delta Airlines Says Risk of Default on Loan Covenants
North America 22 Jun 2020 Delta Delta to restart flights between US and China
North America 14 Jul 2020 Delta Around 15,000 Delta Staff Are Interested In Leaving Voluntarily
North America 13 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Loses $5 Billion In 3rd Quarter, May Soon Furlough 1,700 Pilots
North America 20 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines details its expanded cleaning processes
North America 26 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines CEO on the health of the travel industry
North America 23 Nov 2020 Delta Delta hints at the possibility of purchasing Boeing's 737 MAX
North America 07 Dec 2020 Delta COVID-19 vaccination could be required for some Delta customers
North America 14 Dec 2020 Delta Coping With A Crisis: How Delta Is Surviving COVID-19
North America 23 Mar 2020 Delta Delta revenue drops by $2B in March
North America 26 May 2020 Delta Delta gets tentative approval to suspend service to more small airports
North America 08 Jun 2020 Delta Delta and LATAM apply to DOT for codeshare approval
North America 10 Jun 2020 Delta Delta creates unit devoted to cleanliness
North America 18 Jun 2020 Delta Delta expects to add more flights in August but cautious on post-summer travel
North America 04 Sep 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines confirms no furloughs for flight attendants
North America 08 Oct 2020 Delta Delta headquarters employees affected by shrinking of workforce
North America 13 Oct 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines Sees An Opportunity To Do More Regional Flying
North America 21 Oct 2020 Delta Delta CEO: COVID-19 international travel recovery will require regulations
North America 23 Nov 2020 Delta US DoT: Delta Air Lines, WestJet withdraw application for proposed US-Canada
North America 14 Dec 2020 Delta Delta joins American in scrapping international ticket change fees