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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sep 2020 Avianca Avianca To Restart International Flights From Colombia On Monday
Latin America 13 May 2020 Avianca Avianca Peru is being liquidated
Latin America 28 Aug 2020 Avianca Avianca Looks To Resume Operations With 14 Domestic Routes
Latin America 30 Aug 2020 Avianca Avianca Holdings S.A. Issues Statement on Debtor-in-Possession Financing and Government of Colombia Financing Commitment
Latin America 10 May 2020 Avianca Avianca Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In The US
Latin America 25 Jun 2020 Avianca Avianca Could Stop Paying Some Employees For Up To A Year
Latin America 15 Sep 2020 Avianca Avianca appeals order that blocked $370 million emergency loan
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Austrian Extends Flight Grounding Until Mid-April
EMEA 07 Oct 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian cuts back winter capacity as Covid-19 cases rise
EMEA 23 Oct 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines Trials Rapid Pre-Departure COVID Tests In Vienna
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines to suspend all operations
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Austrian Airlines to suspend all operations
Asia Pacific 09 Nov 2020 Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines Moving Forward With Mandatory COVID Tests
EMEA 29 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Austria says it might demand Lufthansa stake for Austrian Airlines aid
APAC 11 Sep 2020 Tigerair Australia’s Tigerair Closes Down After 13 Years Of Operation
APAC 17 Jun 2020 Government Australia’s Borders Likely to Stay Closed to International Tourists Until 2021
APAC 03 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Australian Government Rules Out Virgin Australia Bailout
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Government Australian Government Could Subsidize Airline Routes
Asia Pacific 23 Nov 2020 Serko Australia, New Zealand Demand Bounce Boosts Serko
APAC 28 Sep 2020 Government Australia To Continue Supporting Some Domestic Flights Into 2021
APAC 12 Jul 2020 Government Australia seeks to move towards uniform quarantine model across all states and territories
APAC 11 Oct 2020 Government Australia in travel talks with Japan, Korea as coronavirus cases ease
APAC 04 Sep 2020 Government Australia Extends Outbound Travel Ban Until Mid-December
North America 09 Sep 2020 Government ASTA: Senate's Covid relief bill wouldn't do enough
Global 09 Jul 2020 Industry Assessing the Damage: The Airline Industry’s Grim First Half
APAC 14 Sep 2020 Asiana Airlines Asiana Airlines in ‘close consultation’ with creditors: CEO
APAC 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Asia is on the First Steps Towards Recovery - Hong Kong's Response to COVID-19
North America 07 Dec 2020 Air Canada As passengers pushed for refunds, Air Canada got more than $400 million from wage subsidy
APAC 16 Jul 2020 Government As domestic travel picks up in Japan, players adapt with safety measures, micro-targeting and hybrid models
North America 14 Jul 2020 Delta Around 15,000 Delta Staff Are Interested In Leaving Voluntarily
Latin America 28 Apr 2020 Government Argentine Budget Airlines Say Government Blindsided Them With Travel Ban
Latin America 04 May 2020 Government Argentina’s flight ban extension puts LCCs in peril
Latin America 11 Aug 2020 Government Argentina Won’t Reopen To Flights On September 1st As Expected
Latin America 03 Apr 2020 Government Argentina extends border closure until 30-Apr-2020
Latin America 03 Apr 2020 Argentina Argentina extends border closure until 30-Apr-2020
Latin America 02 Oct 2020 Government Argentina Claims Commercial Flights Will Resume In Mid-October
Latin America 28 Apr 2020 Government Argentina bans commercial flight sales until 1 September
Global 16 Oct 2020 Industry Are Triangle Routes The Airline Industry’s Answer To The Pandemic?
Global 04 May 2020 Industry Are the tech giants coming for airlines?
North America 15 Oct 2020 Industry ARC: Sept. Monthly Agency Air Ticket Sales Surpass $1B, First Time Since March
Global 19 Mar 2020 Industry ARC: February Travel Agency Air Ticket Sales Plummet
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry ARC expands info page for airline refund processing
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Another Study Finds Covid-19 Can Spread On Long Airline Flights
EMEA 14 Aug 2020 Government Anguilla Is COVID-free and Preparing to Reopen — Here's How to Plan a Visit
EMEA 24 Aug 2020 Government Anguilla is accepting visitors, but adding a fee
Global 13 Jun 2020 Industry Ancillary Offerings Will Need To Adapt To Changing Travel Trends
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA will delay reception of aircraft to cut costs: president
APAC 25 Sep 2020 ANA ANA weighs $1.9bn public offering of common stock
APAC 28 Sep 2020 ANA ANA to Temporarily Change Service on Select International Routes Due to the Coronavirus as of Sept. 28
APAC 16 Nov 2020 ANA ANA to Temporarily Change Service on Select International Routes