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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort descending
APAC 07 Jul 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Closes Inbound International Reservations
APAC 16 Sep 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand considers laying off hundreds more cabin crew
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand CRO 'Demand continues to track at 1%' for Jun-2020 domestic travel
APAC 20 Oct 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand offers 'mystery breaks' to lure travelers back
APAC 30 Aug 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Records First Loss In 18 Years
APAC 14 May 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Restarts Domestic Network With Inter-Island 787 Flights
APAC 25 May 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand sees annual underlying loss due to coronavirus
APAC 20 May 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand To Cut 1,300 Cabin Crew Positions
Europe 07 Dec 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Upgauges Domestic Flight Amid Higher Demand
APAC 29 Apr 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand's big domestic fear
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Eyes August Return To Israel & Russia
EMEA 16 Oct 2020 Air Serbia Air Serbia Launches Recruitment Push
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles Air Seychelles temporarily suspends domestic services
North America 14 Dec 2020 Air Canada Air Transat Expects Air Canada Acquisition Completion By February
North America 19 Oct 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Expects More Layoffs With Vancouver Base Closure
North America 11 Sep 2020 Air Transat Air Transat Needs Support To Avoid 2,000+ Layoffs
APAC 16 Jul 2020 Government Air travel in Malaysia showing further signs of recovery: MAHB
North America 03 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel in six months: What it will look like
Global 28 Jul 2020 Industry Air travel not expected to recover until 2024
EMEA 30 Jun 2020 KLM Air-France KLM: A Political Mess
APAC 05 Oct 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Closes Japanese Subsidiary With Immediate Effect
APAC 27 Mar 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Group and the AirAsia X Group suspends all internal and domestic flights
APAC 13 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Preserves Jobs of All Staff By Cutting Pay of Up to 75 Percent
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
EMEA 18 Jun 2020 airBaltic airBaltic CEO Says Masks On Planes Won’t Become The New Normal
EMEA 20 Oct 2020 airBaltic airBaltic has cash until 2025 unless no recovery by 2Q21
EMEA 09 May 2020 airBaltic airBaltic Secures €250 Million From Latvian Government
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Air France Airbus & Air France Set To Benefit From New French State Aid
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airbus Cuts Commercial Aircraft Production By One ThirdIssue Refunds Not Vouchers, European Union Tells Airlines
Global 29 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airbus first-quarter profit plunges as coronavirus crisis starts to bite
Multiple 16 Nov 2020 Government Airline alliances urge testing over quarantines
Global 01 Oct 2020 Industry Airline ancillary revenue projections slashed by half for 2020
Global 09 Oct 2020 Industry Airline coronavirus recovery tracker: October 2020 update
North America 23 Jul 2020 Industry Airline Face Mask Policies Are Getting Stricter
North America 19 Mar 2020 Air Canada Airline further reducing schedule, maintaining essential services where possible
Global 31 Mar 2020 Industry Airline Industry Sets Weekly Record for Capacity Cuts as U.S. Carriers Consider Temporary Consolidation
EMEA 22 Sep 2020 Industry Airline industry will never be the same again -former IAG CEO Walsh
Global 01 Sep 2020 Industry Airline Pricing Was Broken Long Before COVID-19
EMEA 28 May 2020 SAS Airline SAS in talks on more funding to ride out coronavirus crisis
Global 14 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines All Over The World Are Launching Flights To Nowhere
North America 02 Aug 2020 Government Airlines And Crew Unions Are Pushing For A CARES Act 2.0
Global 23 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines are confronting a future of smaller, leaner operations
North America 17 Mar 2020 Industry Airlines are doing away with middle seats and beverage service
North America 19 Mar 2020 COVID-19 Airlines Are No. 1 Priority for Virus Relief, Trump Says
North America 20 Jul 2020 Industry Airlines brace themselves ahead of reporting earnings this week
Global 25 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines consider a recovery with more digital, direct distribution, less business travel
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Continue to Inhibit Refunds in GDS
Global 03 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Could Start Facing Legal Challenges Over Withholding Refunds
North America 31 Mar 2020 Industry Airlines Could Start Facing Legal Challenges Over Withholding Refunds