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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort descending Summary
Global 25 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 31 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Huge Increase In Chinese Air Travel As Lockdown Eased
North America 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Borders Will Remain Largely Closed to Mexico and Canada Through at Least December 21
Global 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 U.K. to Allow Quarantine Exemption for Some Business Travelers
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: travellers race home amid worldwide border closures and flight warnings
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oxford Economics predicts rapid economic recovery post-Covid-19
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 COVID-19 EasyJet secures £600m coronavirus loan from UK Treasury and Bank
Global 28 Apr 2020 COVID-19 100% of Global Destinations Now Have COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, UNWTO Reports
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Airlines, When Pent Up Travel Demand Bursts, Will Your Buckets Be Ready?
Global 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe:
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 In the midst of a crisis we can rethink the rules
Global 24 Mar 2020 COVID-19 IATA Updates COVID-19 Impact Assessment
Global 07 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
North America 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 US Airlines Discover They Will Have To Repay CARES Aid
Global 21 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 29 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airbus first-quarter profit plunges as coronavirus crisis starts to bite
APAC 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Singapore-Hong Kong air travel bubble launch deferred for 2 weeks after COVID-19 cases spike in Hong Kong
APAC 18 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Government urges Australians to fly home as coronavirus closes borders 
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Ryanair expects to halt operations due to coronavirus
Global 24 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 How Business And Leisure Travel Can Come Back Post COVID-19
North America 20 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airlines under pressure for refund policies
Global 24 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Scenarios for what the travel industry might be dealing with after COVID-19
Global 30 Apr 2020 COVID-19 More airlines require passengers to wear face masks
Global 13 May 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19: Where Will We Be a Year from Now?
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 COVID-19 and its impact on the customer journey for online travel agencies
North America 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 U.S. Airlines Could Get $17 Billion in Relief if Bipartisan Covid Relief Is Approved
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Covid-19: Assessing the Catastrophe
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 AIRLINES DOING GOOD DEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 AIRPOCALYPSE + HOW YOU CAN HELP!
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 COVID-19 One bright spot in Covid-era travel: On-time flights
North America 07 Dec 2020 COVID-19 Data shows Americans couldn’t resist Thanksgiving travel
Global 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance join forces to seek support from governments amid coronavirus crisis
North America 27 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Senate's Coronavirus Relief Package Draws Some Industry Praise
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 27 May 2020 COVID-19 For inspiration and hope during coronavirus -- just look up
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 20 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 27 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Russia to ground international flights on March 27 due to coronavirus
Global 09 Nov 2020 COVID-19 What the Latest U.S. Airport Security Screening Numbers Tell Us
Global 16 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Chile Set To Allow International Travelers From November 23rd
Global 23 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Another Study Finds Covid-19 Can Spread On Long Airline Flights
Global 16 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus Travel Restrictions, Across the Globe 
Global 27 Mar 2020 COVID-19 The Airlines Most in Danger of Going Under During the Crisis
APAC 03 Apr 2020 COVID-19 South Korea airline capacity steadies as virus spread slows
Global 24 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
APAC 09 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Hong Kong travel bubble: Singapore Airlines to use smaller aircraft when flights begin
Latin America 16 Nov 2020 COVID-19 Latin American Countries Urged to Coordinate Reopenings by Global Airlines Group
Global 27 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country