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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Global 15 Apr 2020 Industry Crippled Airline Industry to Get $25 Billion Bailout, Part of It as Loans
Global 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 15 Apr 2020 IATA IATA deepens projected airline revenue loss to $314 billion
North America 14 Apr 2020 Delta Delta to have 7,000 more pilots than needed in the fall -memo
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles Air Seychelles temporarily suspends domestic services
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 How Business And Leisure Travel Can Come Back Post COVID-19
Latin America 13 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM airline suspends international flights
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Industry Japan’s airlines cut domestic flights after emergency declaration
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Government Australian Government Could Subsidize Airline Routes
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Lufthansa LHG permanently retires 9% of Lufthansa branded fleet
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Condor LOT Polish has withdrawn its plans to purchase Condor
North America 13 Apr 2020 Spirit JetBlue and Spirit apply for emergency exemptions to ‘minimum service’ order
North America 13 Apr 2020 United United, Delta Weigh Selling Miles Early to Raise Cash in Coronavirus Crisis
APAC 13 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Preserves Jobs of All Staff By Cutting Pay of Up to 75 Percent
North America 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles More Than 13,000 AA Crew Take Voluntary Leave, Early Retirement
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 AIRLINES DOING GOOD DEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 AIRPOCALYPSE + HOW YOU CAN HELP!
North America 13 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA flew 45% fewer passengers this March
Global 13 Apr 2020 Industry What Shape Would the Travel Industry Recovery Look Like? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
North America 13 Apr 2020 United UA delays launch of 10 seasonal intl services to Jul-2020
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 LOT Polish Airlines LOT Polish has withdrawn its plans to purchase Condor
APAC 13 Apr 2020 EVA Air EVA Air pax down 78% in Mar-2020
North America 13 Apr 2020 Delta United, Delta Weigh Selling Miles Early to Raise Cash in Coronavirus Crisis
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Expects Two Years To Return To Normal Operations
North America 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 US Airlines Discover They Will Have To Repay CARES Aid
APAC 13 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA cuts more flights
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 KLM AF-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 COVID-19 exposes opportunities to improve travel products and customer services
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand CRO 'Demand continues to track at 1%' for Jun-2020 domestic travel
North America 13 Apr 2020 JetBlue JetBlue and Spirit apply for emergency exemptions to ‘minimum service’ order
North America 09 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC to immediately rehire more than 16,000 workers
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 KLM Air France-KLM running ‘skeleton operation’ in April and May
North America 09 Apr 2020 RavnAir Alaska regional carrier RavnAir files Chapter 11
APAC 09 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Wuhan Airport Reopens After 11 Week Lockdown
North America 09 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest Halves June Schedule
APAC 09 Apr 2020 Government HK Govt To Buy Half Million Air Tickets As a Way To Inject Demand For Airlines
North America 09 Apr 2020 JetBlue JetBlue to suspend operations at several airports around 5 major metro areas
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airbus Cuts Commercial Aircraft Production By One ThirdIssue Refunds Not Vouchers, European Union Tells Airlines
Latin America 09 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM Cancels 10 Airbus A350 Orders
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group To Reduce Fleet Size
APAC 09 Apr 2020 Korean Air Korean Air to place more than 70% of personnel on leave for six months
Global 09 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Atlantic Will Suspend All Passenger Flights For A Week
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Continue to Inhibit Refunds in GDS
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Air seeks debt restructuring to stay in business
North America 09 Apr 2020 Delta Delta Blocks Middle Seats
North America 09 Apr 2020 United Class actions filed against United over refunds
APAC 09 Apr 2020 Finnair Finnair pax down 56.4% in Mar-2020, load factor declines to 58%
North America 09 Apr 2020 Government DOT makes rules for airline aid more flexible