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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort descending
EMEA 01 Jul 2020 Air France Air France plans to cut 6,500 jobs by 2022
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 Air France Air France Ramps Up Flight Schedule as Restrictions Ease
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 Air France Air France Readies Plan for 8,300 Voluntary Job Cuts
EMEA 24 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Receives Its Last Boeing 787-9 Delivery
EMEA 03 Jul 2020 Air France Air France set to cut more than 7,500 jobs
EMEA 19 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Starts To Reinstate Inflight Meal Services
EMEA 20 May 2020 Air France Air France terminates A380 fleet with immediate effect
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 Air France Air France to operate 50 per cent of schedules during November and December
EMEA 22 Jun 2020 Air France AIR FRANCE URGED BY MINISTER TO AVOID FORCED LAYOFFS
EMEA 30 Sep 2020 Air France Air France's revenue fell 70% in August - CEO
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Air France Air France, Lufthansa And Emirates Hit Hardest By March EU Flight Restrictions
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Air France, Lufthansa And Emirates Hit Hardest By March EU Flight Restrictions
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Emirates Air France, Lufthansa And Emirates Hit Hardest By March EU Flight Restrictions
EMEA 14 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM and French travel stocks hit by UK quarantine measure
EMEA 26 May 2020 Air France AIR FRANCE-KLM CEO AWARDED €768K BONUS; DUTCH GOV'T VOTES AGAINST
EMEA 26 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Could Operate Trains On Domestic Routes
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Expects Two Years To Return To Normal Operations
Europe 14 Dec 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Eyes Sustainable Cargo Flights Following Lufthansa
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Firms Up Plan to Raise Funds Amid Travel Slump
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in talks on $7 billion cash raise
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in talks on multibillion euro state-backed loan package
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 KLM Air France-KLM in talks on multibillion euro state-backed loan package
EMEA 15 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Now Offering Fully Refundable Vouchers
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Posts €2.6B Q2 Loss
Europe 23 Nov 2020 Air France Air France-KLM prepares COVID-19 vaccine airlift
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Ready For More Network Cuts If Recovery Lags
EMEA 07 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM reports €815 million first-quarter operating loss
EMEA 28 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM resumes flights to Italy as Norwegian losses mount
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 KLM Air France-KLM running ‘skeleton operation’ in April and May
EMEA 07 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM says virus hit will be worse in 2Q
EMEA 30 Jul 2020 KLM Air France-KLM Second quarter 2020 results
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Seeks $6.5 Billion Lifeline From Government
EMEA 26 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Sees Traffic at 70% by Year-End If All Feel Safe
EMEA 09 Jul 2020 KLM Air France-KLM sees uptick in Canadian departures in past few weeks
EMEA 07 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM targets 60% capacity recovery by year-end
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM to ground more than 90 percent of planes over next 2 months
EMEA 12 Jun 2020 KLM Air France-KLM to make refunds for cancelled flights more available
EMEA 09 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Uneasy With French Government’s ‘Good Airbus Customer’ Mandate For Coronavirus Aid
EMEA 04 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM Wins EU Approval for $7.7 Billion Bailout
EMEA 13 Sep 2020 KLM Air France-KLM's future in doubt without cost cuts - Dutch minister
EMEA 08 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM's loss widens to nearly $2 billion
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM: Long haul cargo ops 'booming' but can't cover pax revenue losses
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Air France Air France’s Fleet Plans: What Does The Future Hold?
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Air France Air France’s Survival ‘Guaranteed’ by French After Dutch Warning
APAC 21 Sep 2020 Air India Air India And Cathay Dragon Receive Hong Kong Flight Bans
APAC 15 Jul 2020 Air India Air India Expects Some Staff To Take 5 Years Of Unpaid Leave!
EMEA 08 Jul 2020 Air Mauritius Air Mauritius seeks buyers for five aircraft
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 Air Namibia Air Namibia Grounding Overturned By Court
APAC 16 Oct 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand And Jetstar Take Advantage Of Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble