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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Latin America 25 Jun 2020 Avianca Avianca Could Stop Paying Some Employees For Up To A Year
Latin America 14 Sep 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul Receives Government Loan Proposal Worth $376m
Latin America 24 Mar 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul will cut capacity by 90% to just 70 flights in Brazil from March 25 to April 30
Latin America 13 Oct 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Azul Hopes To Burn Through Less Than $450,000 A Day In Q4
Latin America 20 May 2020 Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Brazil’s Azul Prepares For A June Increase In Demand
Latin America 01 Sep 2020 Gol Linhas Aereas GOL Pays Off Its $300 Million Loan Backed By Delta
Latin America 10 Sep 2020 Gol Linhas Aereas Brazil’s GOL Looks To Slash Expected Cash Burn
Latin America 24 Mar 2020 Gol Linhas Aereas GOL cuts capacity to 92% in domestic and 100% in international markets until early May
Multiple 09 Sep 2020 Gol Linhas Aereas GOL Signs A New Codeshare Agreement With Ethiopian Airlines
North America 05 Oct 2020 Southwest Southwest hopes pay cuts, union deals will stave off furloughs
North America 23 Nov 2020 Southwest • Why Southwest Thinks It Was The Best Prepared For COVID In The US
North America 07 Dec 2020 Southwest Southwest’s Threat of Historic Furloughs Already Deepening Divide With Unions
North America 03 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest reduces to 2,000 daily flights through June 5
North America 14 Jul 2020 Southwest Southwest Begins To Worry About The Future As Furloughs Loom
North America 23 Jul 2020 Southwest Southwest pledges no layoffs or furloughs in 2020
North America 03 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Stops Cleaning All Surfaces Between Flights
North America 22 Oct 2020 Southwest Southwest to End Capacity Controls, Sell Every Seat in December
North America 28 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest CEO Believes First Week of April Was the Bottom
North America 15 Jun 2020 Southwest Southwest To Offer Complimentary Social Distancing Until October
North America 02 May 2020 Southwest Southwest suspends snack and beverage service under new measures
North America 21 Jul 2020 Southwest Nearly 30% of Southwest’s Staff Took Leaves
North America 29 Apr 2020 Southwest Coronavirus won’t derail Southwest’s GDS plans
North America 11 Sep 2020 Southwest Southwest CEO Believes No Change Fees Won’t Help Other Carriers
North America 16 Nov 2020 Southwest Southwest report shows rising virus cases are hitting travel
North America 14 Dec 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines Continues To Grow With New Domestic Routes
North America 17 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest Eyes Hawaii Expansion Post Coronavirus
North America 13 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines expects 'modest' demand for as long as COVID-19 cases are high: CEO
North America 19 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Cuts Q3 Capacity Outlook
North America 19 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest reports ‘modest’ improvement in travel demand, turns down government loan
North America 09 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest Halves June Schedule
North America 24 Mar 2020 Southwest Southwest to cut 1,500 daily flights as passenger levels, bookings hit 'unimaginable lows'
North America 01 Jun 2020 Southwest Southwest offers buyout packages, temporary leaves to 'ensure survival'
North America 08 May 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines: nuanced crisis management
North America 10 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines’ Corp Travel Biz: A Year On, Down But Not Out
North America 19 Aug 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines Pulls Out Of US Treasury CARES Loan
North America 20 Aug 2020 Southwest Inconsistent Recovery Leads Southwest To Cut October Schedules
North America 16 Sep 2020 Southwest Southwest Extends Distanced Seating Policy to Nov. 30
North America 12 Oct 2020 Southwest Southwest Pilots Union Not Onboard With 10% Pay Cut
North America 28 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest says it could take more than 5 years for business travel to get back to normal, as the airline reports its first loss since 2011 because of the coronavirus
North America 04 May 2020 Southwest Southwest alters boarding procedure for social distancing
North America 16 Jun 2020 Southwest Southwest extends limited seating on flights through September
North America 13 Oct 2020 Southwest Southwest Airlines Looks Beyond the Downturn to a Corporate Travel Recovery
North America 28 May 2020 Southwest Southwest Eyes Corporate Travel Gains with New Q4 Routes
Latin America 24 Mar 2020 Sky Airline Sky Airline temporarily suspends operations in Chile
EMEA 28 Apr 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines suspends all services until 28-May-2020
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Unions Agree To Wage Cuts To Save Jobs
EMEA 14 Aug 2020 Turkish Airlines Cargo Buoys Turkish Airlines
EMEA 27 May 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines may delay delivery of Airbus, Boeing planes: report
EMEA 24 Mar 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines halting all int’l flights except 5 routes
EMEA 22 Jun 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Resumes Service to North America