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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
EMEA 26 Apr 2020 Government Germany Wants Europe to Reboot Travel in a Unified Manner
EMEA 26 Apr 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic hires bank in search for emergency funds
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Running Out of Bailout Road as Germany Sets Terms
EMEA 04 May 2020 Air France Air France 'must cut domestic flights to get state loan'
EMEA 04 May 2020 Norwegian Air ‘New Norwegian’ cleared for takeoff
EMEA 11 May 2020 Government Israeli Government Wants Changes At El Al In Return For Funding
EMEA 19 May 2020 Air France Air France Is Slowly Ramping Up Its Flight Schedule
EMEA 19 May 2020 Etihad Abu Dhabi's Etihad cuts hundreds of jobs: sources
EMEA 28 May 2020 Air Portugal TAP to Resume Service to North America Next Week
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates Implementing Mass Job Cuts
EMEA 19 Jun 2020 Emirates Emirates To Resume Flights To 10 More Cities Including Washington
EMEA 29 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Reportedly Lays Off 350 Pilots and Puts 300 in ‘Pool’ for Rehire
EMEA 07 Jul 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Confirms Slowed Aircraft Delivery Rate
EMEA 14 Jul 2020 Air France Air France cuts another Paris Orly domestic route
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 Finnair New Travel Restrictions Force Finnair To Cut Flight Resumption
EMEA 09 Sep 2020 Industry ‘Last chance to save UK airline industry’: EasyJet chief
EMEA 11 Sep 2020 British Airways GIANT AIRLINES CUT FLIGHTS AND STAFF AS RECOVERY RECEDES
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 British Airways BA CEO: Recovery Will Be Very Long, with Some Changes Permanent
EMEA 15 Sep 2020 Emirates Emirates Warns Of UK Workforce Reduction
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Air France €10bn euro bailout will keep Air France-KLM afloat less than year: CEO
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Emirates Emirates Will Launch The World’s Longest Flight Since Lockdown
EMEA 04 Oct 2020 Government Which Countries Remain Exempt From The UK’s Quarantine Mandate?
EMEA 03 Oct 2020 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Offers Summer Schedule With Flexible Booking Options
EMEA 13 Oct 2020 Finnair Finnair develops ‘financial bazooka’ to survive crisis
EMEA 18 Oct 2020 Government The UK’s Quarantine Exemption List – What Is The Latest Update?
EMEA 20 Oct 2020 Government Russia to give airlines ₽30mn in covid subsidies but no more
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 Air France Up to 80% of its workforce could be temporarily laid off
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Brussels Airlines temporarily suspends all its flights as of 21 March until 19 April
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways British government rules out help for airlines
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Air France AF Plans The Retirement Of Its Airbus A380s
EMEA 18 Apr 2020 KLM KLM withdraws plan to boost CEO bonus to 100% of salary
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Amadeus Amadeus Stacks Cash For Worst-Case 2020 Where Air Traffic Stays Down 80 Percent
EMEA 24 Apr 2020 Government Norway Approves New Law That Could Help Rescue Norwegian Air
EMEA 28 Apr 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines suspends all services until 28-May-2020
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa pilots offer to waive 45% of salaries
EMEA 07 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM reports €815 million first-quarter operating loss
EMEA 07 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM targets 60% capacity recovery by year-end
EMEA 01 Jun 2020 South African Airways South African Airways rescue plan features more bailouts
EMEA 08 Jun 2020 South African Airways South African Airways creditors approve extension for submission of rescue plan
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Air seeks approval to raise cash quickly if needed
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 Iberia Iberia Says Fleet Reduction Is Not Temporary
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group Announces Fall Schedule Extension
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 Level Europe ​Level France becomes latest coronavirus crisis airline casualty
EMEA 29 Jul 2020 Air France Air France Partners with Laboratories to Assist Customers with COVID-19 Tests
EMEA 12 Aug 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar, Emirates, & Etihad – Which Middle East Giant Has Bounced Back The Most
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Finnair Finnair to cut up to 1,000 jobs, seeks further savings
EMEA 30 Aug 2020 Government UK Adds 3 Countries Including Switzerland To Quarantine List
EMEA 04 Sep 2020 Virgin Atlantic VIRGIN Atlantic has today confirmed it will cut a further 1,150 jobs despite securing a £1.2billion rescue deal.
EMEA 07 Sep 2020 Alitalia New lifeline for Alitalia: EU approves €200 million aid
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Government Eurocontrol laments ‘backwards’ progress as recovery track diverges