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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
APAC 25 Apr 2020 Japan Airlines Japan Airlines looking to tap banks for $2.8 billion in funding: NHK
EMEA 25 Apr 2020 Wizz Low cost airline Wizz to restart some flights from UK's Luton airport
EMEA 25 Apr 2020 KLM Dutch and French pump billions into ‘essential’ airlines KLM and Air France
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Government Norway Approves New Law That Could Help Rescue Norwegian Air
Global 24 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Latin America 24 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM Brazil Wants To Stop Flying But Can’t
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Norwegian Air Norway Approves New Law That Could Help Rescue Norwegian Air
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Air France French government announces 'historic' €7 billion aid package for Air France-KLM
North America 24 Apr 2020 Government Trump says government should buy years of plane tickets now
Global 24 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Scenarios for what the travel industry might be dealing with after COVID-19
Global 24 Apr 2020 Industry Over 100 million jobs losses in the Travel & Tourism sector and alerts G20 countries to the scale of the crisis
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Expects Cash Shortage Within Weeks
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 RyanAir Ryanair CEO Mulls Further Cuts While Slamming Virgin Atlantic’s Bid for State Aid
EMEA 23 Apr 2020 RyanAir Leaving middle seat empty is idiotic, says Ryanair
EMEA 23 Apr 2020 Industry Russia now Europe's #1 airline market, thanks to domestic size
EMEA 23 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Relief is Critical for Middle East Airlines as COVID-19 Impact Deepens
EMEA 23 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Has Hit These African Aviation Markets The Hardest
APAC 23 Apr 2020 Government Indonesia to ban air, sea travel to end-May - officials
EMEA 23 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Increased Risk to Jobs as European Airline Revenues Collapse
Multiple 23 Apr 2020 Industry Leaving middle seat empty is idiotic, says Ryanair
APAC 23 Apr 2020 Government China's Domestic Business Travel Slowly Waking Up
North America 22 Apr 2020 Industry US Airlines Seek Exemptions To Minimum Service Requirements
EMEA 22 Apr 2020 Government Poland could give citizens money for domestic travel
Global 22 Apr 2020 Industry Once Boiling, NDC Development And Deployments Now Simmer
EMEA 21 Apr 2020 South African Airways South African Airways Nears Collapse With Plan to Fire All Staff
APAC 21 Apr 2020 Government China Could See A Wave Of Airline Mergers
North America 21 Apr 2020 Government Trump Intends To Halt Immigration
Global 21 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Slow Recovery Needs Confidence Boosting Measures
APAC 21 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Australia Is Latest Airline to Collapse Because of Coronavirus
Global 21 Apr 2020 Industry Could Future Economy Class Cabins Have Glass Hygiene Screens?
Global 21 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 21 Apr 2020 IATA Inflight social distancing will kill short-haul LCC travel: IATA
APAC 21 Apr 2020 Serko Serko Accelerates Bid To Shore Up TMC Continuity Through Platform, Commission Plays
APAC 20 Apr 2020 ANA ANA slashes 2019 earnings outlook due to pandemic
North America 20 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA to get $650M in federal aid to continue operating
North America 20 Apr 2020 Spirit DOT rejects Spirit and JetBlue requests to drop U.S. destinations
North America 20 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airlines under pressure for refund policies
North America 20 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airlines under pressure for refund policies
Latin America 20 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM suspends European services until June
EMEA 20 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group continues to amend flight schedule
North America 20 Apr 2020 JetBlue DOT rejects Spirit and JetBlue requests to drop U.S. destinations
North America 20 Apr 2020 Government DOT rejects Spirit and JetBlue requests to drop U.S. destinations
North America 20 Apr 2020 Delta Will Delta Retire Some 767s Amid Capacity Cuts?
North America 20 Apr 2020 United United Airlines reports $2.1B quarterly loss
Global 20 Apr 2020 Industry OAG: Global Weekly Air Capacity Drops Below 30 Million Seats
EMEA 19 Apr 2020 Air France AF to run 30% of its flights from July onwards
APAC 19 Apr 2020 Government India's aviation authority tells airlines not to take bookings until government orders
APAC 19 Apr 2020 GoAir GoAir employees to go on leave without pay till May 3
EMEA 18 Apr 2020 KLM KLM withdraws plan to boost CEO bonus to 100% of salary
Latin America 17 Apr 2020 COPA Current Situation Will Set Copa Back Almost 30 Years