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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 08 Sep 2020 Delta How Delta Set the Standard for the Airline Industry's COVID-19 Response
North America 05 Sep 2020 Government US Passengers Must Submit COVID-19 Tests Before Flying To China
North America 16 Sep 2020 Southwest Southwest Extends Distanced Seating Policy to Nov. 30
North America 01 Oct 2020 Delta Delta says it will be avoiding and delaying furloughs
North America 24 Sep 2020 United United to Offer Pre-Flight Covid-19 Testing for Hawaii Travel Next Month
North America 12 Oct 2020 Southwest Southwest Pilots Union Not Onboard With 10% Pay Cut
North America 15 Oct 2020 Industry ARC: Sept. Monthly Agency Air Ticket Sales Surpass $1B, First Time Since March
North America 21 Oct 2020 American Airlines 98% Of American Airlines’ Passengers Are Happy To Fly On Full Planes
North America 26 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Adding Doha To Its Route Network With A Boeing 787-9
North America 22 Oct 2020 Government Calgary To Trial Scrapping Quarantine For Some International Arrivals
North America 09 Nov 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Interview: How Hawaiian Airlines Is Coping With COVID-19
North America 09 Nov 2020 Expedia Expedia Group announces improved financial results in third quarter trading update
North America 23 Nov 2020 United United says Covid-19 spike is hitting air travel -- again
North America 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Borders Will Remain Largely Closed to Mexico and Canada Through at Least December 21
North America 14 Dec 2020 American Airlines American Airlines offers at-home COVID tests for US travel
APAC 23 Mar 2020 Industry Pacific Islands Are Losing All Air Services Amid Route Suspensions
APAC 31 Mar 2020 Government Indonesia Bans Foreign Arrivals
APAC 13 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Preserves Jobs of All Staff By Cutting Pay of Up to 75 Percent
APAC 09 May 2020 ANA ANA to slash summer bonuses 50% as passenger traffic dwindles
APAC 25 May 2020 ANA ANA Looks To Delay Delivery Of Final Airbus A380
APAC 28 May 2020 Thai Airways Challenges ahead in Thai Airways business rehabilitation
APAC 09 Jun 2020 Government Indonesia resumes domestic air travel, coronavirus cases jump
APAC 22 Jun 2020 Qantas Qantas Celebrates Successful Friday Sale Results Showing Rebounding Travel Demand
APAC 16 Jul 2020 Government As domestic travel picks up in Japan, players adapt with safety measures, micro-targeting and hybrid models
APAC 18 Jul 2020 Government India to Restart U.S. Passenger Flights July 23
APAC 10 Aug 2020 Korean Air Cargo Fuels Korean, Asiana Profits
APAC 14 Aug 2020 ANA JAL and ANA to make big domestic flight cuts as pandemic hits demand
APAC 19 Aug 2020 Qantas Qantas says Australian state border closures hampering recovery, posts $1.4 billion loss
APAC 24 Aug 2020 Qantas Qantas International CEO Steps Down Due To Prolonged Grounding
APAC 07 Sep 2020 Government Thailand tourism collapse poses existential crisis for airlines
APAC 17 Sep 2020 Government Vietnam reopens borders to six countries
APAC 28 Sep 2020 Government Australia To Continue Supporting Some Domestic Flights Into 2021
APAC 07 Oct 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines aims for discount network to capture post-coronavirus tourism
APAC 21 Oct 2020 ANA ANA to book record annual loss, shed half of large jets due to virus
APAC 27 Oct 2020 Government India Will Allow Just 13,000 Domestic Flights This Winter
APAC 07 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Becomes First Japanese Airline To Join IATA’s Diversity Campaign
APAC 14 Dec 2020 All Nippon Airways Japan's ANA to raise $3.2 billion for post-Covid recovery
APAC 20 Mar 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA to put 5,000 flight attendants on temporary rotating furlough
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Carrying Less Than 600 Passengers Per Day
APAC 31 Mar 2020 Government China Defends Temporary Ban on Foreign Travelers
APAC 23 Apr 2020 Government Indonesia to ban air, sea travel to end-May - officials
APAC 05 May 2020 Industry Emirates' Tim Clark: Coronavirus is a black swan event for the airline industry
APAC 16 May 2020 Thai Airways Thai Government Open To Bankruptcy For Thai Airways
APAC 09 Jun 2020 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Government Bails Out Cathay Pacific With $5 Billion
APAC 11 Jun 2020 Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines reinstates some flights, allows transit through Singapore from Australia, New Zealand
APAC 26 Jun 2020 ANA ANA sanitizes aircraft fleet as it moves to resume services
APAC 13 Jul 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Shareholders Approve A Huge $5 Billion Rescue Plan
APAC 16 Jul 2020 Government Air travel in Malaysia showing further signs of recovery: MAHB
APAC 29 Jul 2020 Government India’s Domestic Rebound Starts To Slow In A Blow To Airlines
APAC 14 Aug 2020 ANA ANA Holdings seeks ¥500 billion in aid to weather coronavirus slump