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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 27 Jul 2020 United United tells two regional airlines it will continue contract with just one: union letter
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Etihad Etihad And Emirates Passengers Will Need COVID-19 Tests Before They Fly
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Government ​Airlines ‘disappointed’ after UK reintroduces Spain restrictions
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Government Airlines In Libya Resume Flights After 4 Month Pause
APAC 27 Jul 2020 ANA ANA Expands Flight Cuts for Aug. amid COVID-19 Resurgence
North America 27 Jul 2020 Delta Delta CEO: Airline's Pandemic Strategy Is 'Putting People Over Profits'
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Air Portugal TAP Air Portugal to reach 40% of pre-Covid network in September
Global 27 Jul 2020 Industry OAG: Global Capacity Up But Likely to Plateau
Global 27 Jul 2020 Industry Is NDC going to survive COVID-19? One airline group gives an unequivocal “Yes!”
Global 27 Jul 2020 Industry Unused Airline Tickets Are Driving Corporate Travel Agencies Crazy Right Now
North America 27 Jul 2020 American Airlines American Informs Its Cabin Crew About How Flying Will Change
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 El Al Hope For El Al? Israel Starts Planning The Reopening Of Aviation
Global 28 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel not expected to recover until 2024
North America 28 Jul 2020 American Airlines American Airlines backtracks on face shields for flight attendants
Latin America 28 Jul 2020 LATAM Latam Airlines Faces Off With Creditors on $900 Million Loan
EMEA 28 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways faces strike threat over job cut plan
Global 28 Jul 2020 IATA IATA’s New Numbers are Grim, Grim, Grim
EMEA 28 Jul 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa returns to JFK airport with flights to Frankfurt
North America 28 Jul 2020 Delta Delta’s Updated Mask Policy Bans This Type of Face Covering
North America 28 Jul 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines moves to reduce staffing in the wake of devastating earnings report
North America 28 Jul 2020 United United Airlines offers insight on demand patterns
North America 29 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada (TSX:AC) Investors Face the Moment of Truth This Week
Global 29 Jul 2020 Industry Boeing Reports $2.4 Billion Loss For Q2 2020
APAC 29 Jul 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific to fly one-third of its fleet abroad for storage
APAC 29 Jul 2020 SpiceJet SpiceJet Posts $108 Million Loss Due To MAX Grounding And COVID
Global 29 Jul 2020 Industry When Will We See Passenger Traffic Return To Pre-COVID Levels?
EMEA 29 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Partners with Laboratories to Assist Customers with COVID-19 Tests
APAC 29 Jul 2020 ANA ANA swings to ‘large quarterly loss’ amid revenue collapse
North America 29 Jul 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines plans to shrink 15% to 25%
North America 29 Jul 2020 JetBlue JetBlue Trials New Ultraviolet Onboard Cleaning System
APAC 29 Jul 2020 Government India’s Domestic Rebound Starts To Slow In A Blow To Airlines
North America 29 Jul 2020 American Airlines American Airlines executive says new strategy helps fix 'very massive revenue problem'
North America 29 Jul 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Lost Over $1 Billion In H1 As Passengers Dropped 50%
Global 30 Jul 2020 Industry World’s five largest airlines lost over USD 40 billion since January amid COVID-19
Global 30 Jul 2020 Industry Airlines left doubting if enough people can, or will, travel in 2020
APAC 30 Jul 2020 Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines To Reassess Its Fleet Plan Over 6 Months
EMEA 30 Jul 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot revenue falls 85% in Q2, all hopes on domestic flights
APAC 30 Jul 2020 ANA ANA posts record ¥109 bil net loss in April-June over coronavirus
North America 30 Jul 2020 Delta Delta CEO sends staff memo thanking 17,000 employees for leaving, says it gets airline closer to ‘minimizing furloughs’
EMEA 30 Jul 2020 KLM Air France-KLM Second quarter 2020 results
APAC 30 Jul 2020 Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines shares plunge after posting record loss
North America 31 Jul 2020 United United Plans Capacity Growth for September
North America 31 Jul 2020 Industry A 33 Percent Drop in U.S. GDP and the Ominous Signs for Travel’s Recovery
North America 31 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Lowers Q3 Capacity Plans Amid Ongoing Canadian Travel Restrictions
Latin America 01 Aug 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines to fire 'at least' 2,700 workers in Brazil
North America 01 Aug 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Potentially 2,000 Hawaiian Airlines Employees at Risk of Involuntary Furlough
North America 01 Aug 2020 United United To Cut Ties With World’s Largest E145 Operator Expressjet
EMEA 01 Aug 2020 KLM KLM airlines announces massive layoffs; says would cut nearly 5,000 positions
EMEA 01 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways pilots vote to accept jobs deal
North America 02 Aug 2020 Government Airlines And Crew Unions Are Pushing For A CARES Act 2.0