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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Global 13 May 2020 IATA IATA: Don’t Make A Slow Recovery More Difficult with Quarantine Measures
Global 19 May 2020 Industry Bill Franke: Fare prices will not be the driver of demand, 'the passenger has to feel safe'
Global 08 Jun 2020 Industry OAG: Global Airline Capacity Slightly Increases This Week
Global 12 Jun 2020 Industry More than 197m Travel & Tourism jobs will be lost due to prolonged travel restrictions, according to new research from WTTC
Global 09 Jul 2020 Industry Assessing the Damage: The Airline Industry’s Grim First Half
Global 03 Aug 2020 Industry OAG: Airline Capacity Recovery Crosses 50 Percent Mark
Global 27 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines’ Push For Rapid COVID Tests Is Here to Stay
Global 17 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus cancellations have overwhelmed third-party travel booking sites
Global 23 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Nearly 80 airlines cut capacity by 100 percent over coronavirus
Global 27 Mar 2020 IATA IATA Sends Industry SOS To G20 Leaders
Global 09 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 22 Apr 2020 Industry Once Boiling, NDC Development And Deployments Now Simmer
Global 05 May 2020 IATA IATA opposes mandatory blocking of middle seats
Global 15 May 2020 Industry Airports Look to Tech to Ensure Social Distancing of Flyers
Global 15 Jun 2020 Industry Western Europe Leads Global Air Capacity Growth This Week
Global 14 Jul 2020 Industry Visits to travel sites decline again after reports of more infections
Global 28 Jul 2020 IATA IATA’s New Numbers are Grim, Grim, Grim
Global 13 Aug 2020 Google Google adds hotel and flight availability data and 'free cancellation' filter
Global 03 Sep 2020 Industry Aviation may not recover until 2024: trade group
Global 30 Sep 2020 Industry Why COVID Testing Will Be Needed Even With A Vaccine
Global 16 Nov 2020 Government Welcome to the Hot 25 Startups for 2021
Global 17 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Remarks of Alexandre de Juniac at the IATA Media Briefing on COVID-19
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Data Experts and Aviation Journalists Create Coronavirus Flight Cancellation Tracker
Global 03 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
Global 20 Apr 2020 Industry OAG: Global Weekly Air Capacity Drops Below 30 Million Seats
Global 27 Jul 2020 Industry OAG: Global Capacity Up But Likely to Plateau
Global 12 Aug 2020 Industry Only 7% Of The World’s Airbus A380s Are Currently Operational
Global 21 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines pivot from business travelers to infrequent flyers seeking sunshine
Global 23 Oct 2020 IATA IATA: COVID Aviation Impacts Have Cost The World Over $1.75 Trillion
Global 31 Mar 2020 IATA IATA Projects Airline Industry Q2 Loss of $39 Billion
Global 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 What Will Travel Be Like After The Coronavirus?
Global 03 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Could Start Facing Legal Challenges Over Withholding Refunds
Global 06 Jul 2020 Government TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP PROTECT ‘TRAVEL BUBBLES’ FROM POPPING
Global 30 Jul 2020 Industry World’s five largest airlines lost over USD 40 billion since January amid COVID-19
Global 01 Sep 2020 IATA IATA: Air Industry 'Largely Paralyzed' But July Demand a Bit Better Than June
Global 14 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines All Over The World Are Launching Flights To Nowhere
Global 22 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines plead for mandatory virus tests to prop up demand
Global 14 Oct 2020 Skyscanner Skyscanner, Expedia, Hopper on need for transparency in travel retailing
Global 16 Oct 2020 Industry Are Triangle Routes The Airline Industry’s Answer To The Pandemic?
Global 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19 pandemic could cost global tourism industry $450 billion
Global 03 Apr 2020 Industry Worldwide airline capacity down 77%
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Continue to Inhibit Refunds in GDS
Global 15 Apr 2020 IATA IATA deepens projected airline revenue loss to $314 billion
Global 15 Jun 2020 Government These Are the Barriers Preventing Business Travel Bubbles From Catching On
Global 20 Jul 2020 Industry OAG: Northeast Asia, Western Europe Lead Weekly Capacity Growth
Global 29 Jul 2020 Industry When Will We See Passenger Traffic Return To Pre-COVID Levels?