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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
North America 19 Mar 2020 Air Canada Airline further reducing schedule, maintaining essential services where possible
North America 23 Jul 2020 Industry Airline Face Mask Policies Are Getting Stricter
Global 09 Oct 2020 Industry Airline coronavirus recovery tracker: October 2020 update
Global 01 Oct 2020 Industry Airline ancillary revenue projections slashed by half for 2020
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 Government Airline alliances urge testing over quarantines
Global 29 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airbus first-quarter profit plunges as coronavirus crisis starts to bite
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airbus Cuts Commercial Aircraft Production By One ThirdIssue Refunds Not Vouchers, European Union Tells Airlines
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Air France Airbus & Air France Set To Benefit From New French State Aid
EMEA 09 May 2020 airBaltic airBaltic Secures €250 Million From Latvian Government
EMEA 20 Oct 2020 airBaltic airBaltic has cash until 2025 unless no recovery by 2Q21
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 airBaltic airBaltic CEO Says Masks On Planes Won’t Become The New Normal
APAC 17 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry
APAC 17 Apr 2020 Malaysia Airlines AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry
APAC 13 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Preserves Jobs of All Staff By Cutting Pay of Up to 75 Percent
APAC 27 Mar 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Group and the AirAsia X Group suspends all internal and domestic flights
APAC 05 Oct 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Closes Japanese Subsidiary With Immediate Effect
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 KLM Air-France KLM: A Political Mess
Global 28 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel not expected to recover until 2024
North America 03 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel in six months: What it will look like
APAC 16 Jul 2020 Government Air travel in Malaysia showing further signs of recovery: MAHB
North America 11 Sep 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Needs Support To Avoid 2,000+ Layoffs
North America 19 Oct 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Expects More Layoffs With Vancouver Base Closure
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada Air Transat Expects Air Canada Acquisition Completion By February
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles Air Seychelles temporarily suspends domestic services
EMEA 16 Oct 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Launches Recruitment Push
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Eyes August Return To Israel & Russia
APAC 29 Apr 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand's big domestic fear
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Upgauges Domestic Flight Amid Higher Demand
APAC 20 May 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand To Cut 1,300 Cabin Crew Positions
APAC 25 May 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand sees annual underlying loss due to coronavirus
APAC 14 May 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Restarts Domestic Network With Inter-Island 787 Flights
APAC 30 Aug 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Records First Loss In 18 Years
APAC 20 Oct 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand offers 'mystery breaks' to lure travelers back
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand CRO 'Demand continues to track at 1%' for Jun-2020 domestic travel
APAC 16 Sep 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand considers laying off hundreds more cabin crew
APAC 07 Jul 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Closes Inbound International Reservations
APAC 16 Oct 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand And Jetstar Take Advantage Of Trans-Tasman Travel Bubble
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 Air Namibia Air Namibia Grounding Overturned By Court
EMEA 08 Jul 2020 Air Mauritius Air Mauritius seeks buyers for five aircraft
APAC 15 Jul 2020 Air India Air India Expects Some Staff To Take 5 Years Of Unpaid Leave!
APAC 21 Sep 2020 Air India Air India And Cathay Dragon Receive Hong Kong Flight Bans
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Air France Air France’s Survival ‘Guaranteed’ by French After Dutch Warning
EMEA 27 Jul 2020 Air France Air France’s Fleet Plans: What Does The Future Hold?
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM: Long haul cargo ops 'booming' but can't cover pax revenue losses
EMEA 08 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM's loss widens to nearly $2 billion
EMEA 13 Sep 2020 KLM Air France-KLM's future in doubt without cost cuts - Dutch minister
EMEA 04 May 2020 KLM Air France-KLM Wins EU Approval for $7.7 Billion Bailout
EMEA 09 May 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Uneasy With French Government’s ‘Good Airbus Customer’ Mandate For Coronavirus Aid
EMEA 12 Jun 2020 KLM Air France-KLM to make refunds for cancelled flights more available
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM to ground more than 90 percent of planes over next 2 months