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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 17 Aug 2020 Industry GBTA: Expect Travel Policies & Compliance Measures to Change as Biz Travel Resumes
Global 07 Oct 2020 Industry Carriers, Organizations to Test International Covid-19 Digital Travel Passport
Global 22 Oct 2020 IATA IATA calls for development of affordable COVID-19 testing for aviation
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 COVID-19 and its impact on the customer journey for online travel agencies
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19: Assessing the Catastrophe
Global 31 Mar 2020 IATA IATA: Airlines Facing Rapid Cash Burn
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 AIRLINES DOING GOOD DEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 AIRPOCALYPSE + HOW YOU CAN HELP!
Global 01 May 2020 Sabre Sabre, Farelogix Terminate Merger Pact
Global 11 May 2020 Government World tourism remains at a standstill as 100% of countries impose restrictions on travel
Global 18 May 2020 Industry How Airlines Are Recovering From COVID-19 - Global Flights Dashboard
Global 26 May 2020 Industry OAG: Global Airline Capacity Down Slightly This Week
Global 26 May 2020 IATA IATA: Airline Debt to Balloon by 28% -Heavy New Debt Levels Will Weigh Down Recovery
Global 04 Jul 2020 Government Covid-19: Travel restrictions to stay and 'green list' put on hold amid fears of second wave
Global 18 Jul 2020 Industry When will international travel return? A country-by-country guide to coronavirus recovery
Global 17 Aug 2020 Industry Virus pandemic reshaping air travel as carriers struggle
Global 19 Aug 2020 Industry CTM Says Business Travel Recovery Underway, Eyes Acquisitions
Global 04 Sep 2020 Industry How COVID-19 Has Changed Flying
Global 09 Sep 2020 Industry Which Airlines Are Best Positioned To Survive COVID-19?
Global 25 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines consider a recovery with more digital, direct distribution, less business travel
Global 07 Oct 2020 Industry How airlines are scrambling to provide passengers with touchless technology
Global 07 Apr 2020 Flight Centre Travel Group Travel Agency Flight Centre to Shutter 800 Storefronts as Part of $1.2 Billion Savings Effort
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance join forces to seek support from governments amid coronavirus crisis
Global 31 Mar 2020 Industry Airline Industry Sets Weekly Record for Capacity Cuts as U.S. Carriers Consider Temporary Consolidation
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 01 May 2020 RyanAir Ryanair Plans to Cut 3,000 Jobs and Delay Boeing Orders
Global 04 May 2020 Industry OAG: Overall Global Air Capacity Drops Despite Regional Increases
Global 27 May 2020 COVID-19 For inspiration and hope during coronavirus -- just look up
Global 16 Jul 2020 Government Just How Many Passengers Are Flying Across The Atlantic?
Global 15 Aug 2020 Government Airport Covid-19 testing could help countries open for travel
Global 23 Aug 2020 Industry What Is The Status Of The Global Aviation Recovery?
Global 02 Sep 2020 Industry Airport health accreditation aims to ease pandemic fears
Global 11 Sep 2020 Industry Why transatlantic return matters so much to airlines
Global 22 Sep 2020 IATA International air travel can only be revived by Covid-19 testing: IATA
Global 28 Sep 2020 Industry 'It's a little better:' Reports surface of September's positive travel trends
Global 09 Oct 2020 Industry Airline coronavirus recovery tracker: October 2020 update
Global 09 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Resurgent Virus Dims Airlines’ Earlier Hopes From This Summer
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Business Travel by the Numbers
Global 03 Apr 2020 Government Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 24 Mar 2020 IATA IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
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
Global 02 Jun 2020 Industry Can Flight Subscriptions Help Airlines Recover From an Unprecedented Drop in Demand?
Global 16 Jun 2020 IATA IATA: Continued Government Relief Measures Needed to get Airlines through the Winter
Global 22 Jun 2020 Industry OAG: Weekly Air Capacity Grows in North America But Holds Worldwide
Global 26 Jun 2020 Industry Startups, investors see opportunities and challenges as travel industry struggles with COVID, diversity issues
Global 15 Jul 2020 Industry 9 in 10 From Industry Say Aviation Wasn’t Prepared For COVID
Global 10 Aug 2020 Industry OAG: Capacity Dip This Week Could Indicate Capacity Peak Reached
Global 08 Sep 2020 Industry The TSA Begins Testing Biometric Recognition Checkpoints
Global 09 Sep 2020 Industry To ease travel, agency groups offering rapid Covid testing
Global 23 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines are confronting a future of smaller, leaner operations