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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 ascending
North America 03 Sep 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Disallows Masks with Exhalation Valves in Policy Adjustment
North America 19 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Details New Sanitization Protocols
North America 25 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada chief executive blasts government for maintaining travel restrictions
North America 14 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada CEO: “Government Restrictions Are Preventing A Return To Normality”
North America 25 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada CEO's compensation cut by over half - to $5.8 million - due to pandemic
North America 11 Jun 2020 Air Canada Air Canada CEO pleads with Trudeau government to let airlines fly again
North America 16 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu to retire next year; Michael Rousseau named successor
North America 15 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada calls on Ottawa to ease 14-day quarantine rules
North America 25 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Begins Reopening Its Maple Leaf Lounges
North America 30 Apr 2020 Air Canada Air Canada anticipates return of worldwide air travel by Christmas
North America 04 May 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Announces New Safety Measures While Bracing for Long Recovery
North America 03 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Airport COVID-19 Testing Trial Shows Promising Results
North America 26 Oct 2020 Air Canada Air Canada Adding Doha To Its Route Network With A Boeing 787-9
North America 29 Jul 2020 Air Canada Air Canada (TSX:AC) Investors Face the Moment of Truth This Week
EMEA 24 Sep 2020 Air Astana Air Astana’s Domestic Network Is Stronger Than Ever Despite COVID
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Air Arabia Air Arabia Abu Dhabi on course for spring launch
North America 09 Nov 2020 Government Aid For Airlines? Canada Says Grant Refunds First
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Air France AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 KLM AF-KLM reveals "very significant" cutbacks
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 KLM AF-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
EMEA 19 Apr 2020 Air France AF to run 30% of its flights from July onwards
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Air France AF Plans The Retirement Of Its Airbus A380s
Latin America 09 Nov 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico: Passenger numbers up 22.9% in October
North America 21 Oct 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Reports A $136 Million Loss For Q3
North America 06 Jul 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Plans To Reject 19 Aircraft Lease Contracts
North America 29 Jul 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Lost Over $1 Billion In H1 As Passengers Dropped 50%
North America 14 Aug 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Is Looking For $1B USD In Financing
North America 30 Jun 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico files for bankruptcy
North America 22 Sep 2020 Aeroméxico Aeromexico Allowed To Modify Leasing Agreements By NY Court
EMEA 07 Sep 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Will Resume Flights On Three International Routes
EMEA 22 Sep 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Sees Domestic Travel Make A Full Recovery
EMEA 30 Jul 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot revenue falls 85% in Q2, all hopes on domestic flights
EMEA 02 Aug 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot Resumes Some International Commercial Services
EMEA 07 Jul 2020 Aeroflot Aeroflot chief sets out expectations for restoration of international network
EMEA 03 Oct 2020 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Offers Summer Schedule With Flexible Booking Options
EMEA 01 May 2020 Aer Lingus Aer Lingus Could Cut 900 Jobs
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 Aegean Airlines Aegean Airlines first-half revenue falls by two-thirds
Global 24 Mar 2020 Industry ACTE Suspends Operations Through May
North America 30 Apr 2020 IATA ACI and IATA Call for Urgent Financial Assistance to Protect Jobs and Operations
North America 09 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC to immediately rehire more than 16,000 workers
North America 15 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC suspends flights until June
North America 17 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC Rouge suspends Zagreb service for 2020
EMEA 19 May 2020 Etihad Abu Dhabi's Etihad cuts hundreds of jobs: sources
North America 27 Apr 2020 Industry Absent vaccine, airline industry may be gutted for years
North America 15 Apr 2020 American Airlines AA To Receive $5.8 Billion In Government Aid
North America 03 Apr 2020 American Airlines AA suspends more than 60% of its intnl capacity summer season
North America 31 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA Seeks $12 Billion In Government Aid To Protect Jobs
North America 20 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA President Robert Isom Says No Bailout Needed
North America 16 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA Pilot tests positive for COVID
North America 20 Mar 2020 American Airlines AA cuts 55,000 flights, parks 450 planes