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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 03 Apr 2020 IATA IATA Projects Airline Industry Q2 Loss of $39 Billion
Global 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Aviation
Global 04 May 2020 Industry Are the tech giants coming for airlines?
Global 13 May 2020 IATA IATA: Don’t Make A Slow Recovery More Difficult with Quarantine Measures
Global 19 May 2020 Industry Bill Franke: Fare prices will not be the driver of demand, 'the passenger has to feel safe'
Global 08 Jun 2020 Industry OAG: Global Airline Capacity Slightly Increases This Week
Global 12 Jun 2020 Industry More than 197m Travel & Tourism jobs will be lost due to prolonged travel restrictions, according to new research from WTTC
Global 09 Jul 2020 Industry Assessing the Damage: The Airline Industry’s Grim First Half
Global 03 Aug 2020 Industry OAG: Airline Capacity Recovery Crosses 50 Percent Mark
Global 27 Sep 2020 Industry Airlines’ Push For Rapid COVID Tests Is Here to Stay
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 KLM Cutting capacity by up to 90%
EMEA 23 Mar 2020 British Airways Government 'draws up plans to buy shares In British Airways
EMEA 24 Mar 2020 Avianca Avianca will suspend all operations from 25 March through at least 12 April
EMEA 27 Mar 2020 Alitalia Alitalia To Be Downsized Following Nationalization
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 Emirates Emirates to receive capital injection from Dubai government
EMEA 07 Apr 2020 British Airways BA Left Flying To Just 15 Destinations
EMEA 20 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group continues to amend flight schedule
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: Middle East and Africa Airlines Revenue Losses Mount - Urgent Government Support Required
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 Emirates Emirates protects and prepares its all wide-body fleet
EMEA 03 May 2020 COVID-19 Vienna Airport Will Start Offering Coronavirus Tests On Arrival
EMEA 07 May 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa seeking 9 billion euro bailout
EMEA 10 May 2020 Emirates Amazing: Emirates Posts Higher Full Year Profit
EMEA 27 May 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa refuses to approve $9.9 billion bailout over EU conditions
EMEA 27 May 2020 Oman Air Oman Air Becomes Latest To Adopt Full Body PPE For Crew
EMEA 28 May 2020 Government Spain May Open Some Cities But Not Others to Foreign Tourism First
EMEA 03 Jun 2020 Lufthansa German airline Lufthansa reports $2.3bn net loss in first quarter
EMEA 05 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways owner considers legal action against government quarantine plan – and Ryanair vows support
EMEA 09 Jun 2020 Industry A Missed Opportunity Made European Aviation’s COVID Fall Out Much Worse
EMEA 12 Jun 2020 KLM Air France-KLM to make refunds for cancelled flights more available
EMEA 12 Jun 2020 Industry The Darkest Hour Is Over: Middle Eastern Carriers Slowly Ramp Up Flights
EMEA 17 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways will be hit by strikes when airline returns to the skies, passengers fear
EMEA 23 Jun 2020 Lufthansa Germany dares Lufthansa's billionaire top shareholder to scuttle $15b bailout
EMEA 26 Jun 2020 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways chief Al Baker on reactive approach to crisis
EMEA 09 Jul 2020 Industry Europe air travel hurdles reduce unevenly as capacity grows
EMEA 13 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Creative Deal With Pilots
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 Emirates Emirates revival signals slow end to A380 hibernation
EMEA 20 Jul 2020 Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic Resumes Passenger Flights After 3 Month Break
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 Government Germany to start testing returning travellers
EMEA 06 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa is looking beyond 2024 for the recovery in air travel
EMEA 11 Aug 2020 Government UK's Heathrow Airport passenger numbers down 88% amid ongoing travel restrictions
EMEA 18 Aug 2020 Government CDC lifts travel warning as Bermuda ramps up testing to suppress coronavirus
EMEA 25 Aug 2020 Emirates Emirates And Etihad Ask Flight Crew To Take Unpaid Leave
EMEA 01 Sep 2020 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Unions Agree To Wage Cuts To Save Jobs
EMEA 08 Sep 2020 Government UK government to set out aviation recovery strategy ‘this autumn’
EMEA 14 Sep 2020 Air France Air France’s Survival ‘Guaranteed’ by French After Dutch Warning
EMEA 15 Sep 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Now Offering Fully Refundable Vouchers
EMEA 15 Sep 2020 Industry Spanish airlines see tough winter after disastrous summer
EMEA 21 Sep 2020 Air France Bailout insufficient for Air France-KLM, says CEO
EMEA 28 Sep 2020 British Airways Half Of British Airways’ Boeing 747s Have Now Been Retired
EMEA 13 Oct 2020 British Airways Who Is Sean Doyle – British Airways’ New CEO