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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
APAC 09 Apr 2020 Korean Air Korean Air to place more than 70% of personnel on leave for six months
Global 09 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Atlantic Will Suspend All Passenger Flights For A Week
Global 09 Apr 2020 Industry Airlines Continue to Inhibit Refunds in GDS
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Norwegian Air Norwegian Air seeks debt restructuring to stay in business
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 LOT Polish Airlines LOT Polish has withdrawn its plans to purchase Condor
APAC 13 Apr 2020 EVA Air EVA Air pax down 78% in Mar-2020
North America 13 Apr 2020 Delta United, Delta Weigh Selling Miles Early to Raise Cash in Coronavirus Crisis
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM Expects Two Years To Return To Normal Operations
North America 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 US Airlines Discover They Will Have To Repay CARES Aid
APAC 13 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA cuts more flights
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 KLM AF-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 COVID-19 exposes opportunities to improve travel products and customer services
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Air New Zealand Air New Zealand CRO 'Demand continues to track at 1%' for Jun-2020 domestic travel
North America 13 Apr 2020 JetBlue JetBlue and Spirit apply for emergency exemptions to ‘minimum service’ order
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles Air Seychelles temporarily suspends domestic services
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Air France Air France-KLM in Talks for French State Cash Injection
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 How Business And Leisure Travel Can Come Back Post COVID-19
Latin America 13 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM airline suspends international flights
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Industry Japan’s airlines cut domestic flights after emergency declaration
APAC 13 Apr 2020 Government Australian Government Could Subsidize Airline Routes
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Lufthansa LHG permanently retires 9% of Lufthansa branded fleet
EMEA 13 Apr 2020 Condor LOT Polish has withdrawn its plans to purchase Condor
North America 13 Apr 2020 Spirit JetBlue and Spirit apply for emergency exemptions to ‘minimum service’ order
North America 13 Apr 2020 United United, Delta Weigh Selling Miles Early to Raise Cash in Coronavirus Crisis
APAC 13 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia Preserves Jobs of All Staff By Cutting Pay of Up to 75 Percent
North America 13 Apr 2020 Air Seychelles More Than 13,000 AA Crew Take Voluntary Leave, Early Retirement
Global 13 Apr 2020 COVID-19 AIRLINES DOING GOOD DEEDS DURING THE COVID-19 AIRPOCALYPSE + HOW YOU CAN HELP!
North America 13 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA flew 45% fewer passengers this March
Global 13 Apr 2020 Industry What Shape Would the Travel Industry Recovery Look Like? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
North America 13 Apr 2020 United UA delays launch of 10 seasonal intl services to Jul-2020
North America 14 Apr 2020 Delta Delta to have 7,000 more pilots than needed in the fall -memo
APAC 15 Apr 2020 Government India's Modi extends nationwide coronavirus lockdown until May 3
Global 15 Apr 2020 Industry OAG: Airline Capacity Cuts Slowed, But Recovery Start At Least a Month Away
North America 15 Apr 2020 American Airlines AA CEO said ticket sales are starting to tick upwards again
North America 15 Apr 2020 American Airlines AA To Receive $5.8 Billion In Government Aid
North America 15 Apr 2020 Delta Delta reaches deal for $5.4B in federal relief funding
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 KLM Air France KLM losing €25 million per day
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 South African Airways South African Airways Will Not Receive Further Government Support
Global 15 Apr 2020 Industry Crippled Airline Industry to Get $25 Billion Bailout, Part of It as Loans
Global 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
Global 15 Apr 2020 IATA IATA deepens projected airline revenue loss to $314 billion
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Air France AF Plans The Retirement Of Its Airbus A380s
APAC 15 Apr 2020 All Nippon Airways ANA Holdings to put 16,000 workers on leave
North America 15 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian among airlines to share $25B in payroll aid
North America 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus' Impact on Travel Is 9 Times Greater than September 11
North America 15 Apr 2020 United United to receive a slice of the $25 billion Payroll Support Program
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Air Portugal Portuguese Prime Minister Suggests TAP Air Portugal Nationalization
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Skyscanner Skyscanner sees uptick in interest for late-2020 flights