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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 01 Sep 2020 Qantas Qantas CEO: 'We don't see demand coming back until 2023 or 2024'
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Unions Agree To Wage Cuts To Save Jobs
Global 01 Sep 2020 IATA IATA: Governments ‘killing aviation’ by not managing border risks
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Government IAG’s Willie Walsh Calls For Government To Open Up The UK
APAC 01 Sep 2020 Government Airlines In Thailand Ask For $774 Million In Loans
North America 01 Sep 2020 Alaska Airways Alaska Joins in Change-Fee Elimination
Latin America 01 Sep 2020 Gol Linhas Aereas GOL Pays Off Its $300 Million Loan Backed By Delta
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Finnair Finnair planning 1,000 redundancies and further temporary layoffs
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Firms Up Plan to Raise Funds Amid Travel Slump
North America 31 Aug 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines furloughs workers amid state shutdown
North America 31 Aug 2020 Delta Delta permanently eliminates change fees for most domestic tickets
EMEA 31 Aug 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways Is Not Booking Passengers To Australia
North America 31 Aug 2020 Government Hawaii to require visitors to fill out online 'Safe Travels' form before travel
EMEA 31 Aug 2020 Government Ghana Prepares To Resume International Flights Tomorrow
North America 31 Aug 2020 Delta Delta, American Join United in Eliminating Domestic Change Fees
North America 30 Aug 2020 Government Canada Extends International Travel Restrictions Until October
North America 30 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines slashing flying capacity by 55 percent in October
North America 30 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Permanently Eliminates Change Fees
Latin America 30 Aug 2020 Avianca Avianca Holdings S.A. Issues Statement on Debtor-in-Possession Financing and Government of Colombia Financing Commitment
EMEA 30 Aug 2020 Government UK Adds 3 Countries Including Switzerland To Quarantine List
EMEA 30 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Weighs Cutting More Jobs as Travel Slump Endures
APAC 30 Aug 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Records First Loss In 18 Years
North America 28 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Unveils New Algorithm to Help It Target Empty Flights
Latin America 28 Aug 2020 Avianca Avianca Looks To Resume Operations With 14 Domestic Routes
North America 28 Aug 2020 Industry Airlines instituting new policies as flights continue to land with coronavirus on board
APAC 28 Aug 2020 Industry Chinese domestic air travel to make full recovery by the start of September
Latin America 27 Aug 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines reopens international routes and increases flow of local flights
North America 27 Aug 2020 Air Canada Air Canada plans voluntary COVID-19 passenger test trial: analyst note
North America 27 Aug 2020 United United Airlines Confirms Largest Pilot Cuts in 94 Years of Operation
North America 27 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines slows plans to cut service to three small cities it targeted
North America 27 Aug 2020 Delta Delta adding in-flight hand sanitizing stations during pandemic
EMEA 27 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Is Giving Away COVID-19 Insurance to Get Passengers Flying Again
EMEA 26 Aug 2020 Lufthansa LUFTHANSA TOPS LIST OF COVID-SAFE CARRIERS IN NEW RESEARCH
North America 26 Aug 2020 Government Despite restrictions, airlines maintain international U.S. flights
EMEA 26 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa removes rebooking fees until 2021
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic gets creditor support for £1.2bn rescue plan
North America 25 Aug 2020 Industry US Passenger Counts Remain Steady; 1M Per Day Still Far Away
North America 25 Aug 2020 American Airlines American Airlines Says Oct. 1 Job Losses Will Total 40,000 — Including 19,000 That Congress Could Save
North America 25 Aug 2020 Alaska Airways Alaska Airlines to Reduce Traveler Touchpoints
North America 25 Aug 2020 Government San Francisco Offers COVID-19 Testing To All Airport And Airline Employees
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Emirates Emirates And Etihad Ask Flight Crew To Take Unpaid Leave
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Finnair Finnair to cut up to 1,000 jobs, seeks further savings
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Industry Travel firms 'desperately need' government help
North America 24 Aug 2020 Delta Delta Air Lines to furlough nearly 2,000 pilots in October
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Brussels Airlines Brussels Airlines gets approval for €290 million bailout
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic High Court To Vote On Virgin Atlantic Rescue Deal Tomorrow
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Government Anguilla is accepting visitors, but adding a fee
North America 24 Aug 2020 American Airlines EPA Grants Special Approval to American Airlines for Antiviral Product
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Cracks Down On Mask Exemptions Requiring COVID Test
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Now Offers Free COVID-19 Insurance For All Passengers