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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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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 Sort descending Organization Summary
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
Global 15 Apr 2020 COVID-19 IATA: COVID-19 Puts Over Half of 2020 Passenger Revenues at Risk
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Skyscanner Skyscanner sees uptick in interest for late-2020 flights
EMEA 15 Apr 2020 Government European Governments Weigh If It’s Time to Let Some Airlines Disappear
Global 15 Apr 2020 IATA IATA: COVID-19 Puts Over Half of 2020 Passenger Revenues at Risk
North America 15 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC suspends flights until June
Latin America 15 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines plans to suspend 2019 dividend due to coronavirus crisis
North America 15 Apr 2020 Delta Delta Takes Over $3B Airbus A350 Order From LATAM
North America 15 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Virgin Australia enters trading halt amid financing talks
North America 17 Apr 2020 Air Canada AC Rouge suspends Zagreb service for 2020
APAC 17 Apr 2020 ANA ANA Keep Many Domestic Seats Despite Few Takers
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 United United cuts May flights by 90 percent, tells employees to brace for job cuts
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Air Arabia Air Arabia Abu Dhabi on course for spring launch
APAC 17 Apr 2020 Malaysia Airlines AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Virgin Australia Two Parties Interested In Virgin Australia Acquisition
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry What the Travel Industry Wants From the Next Round of U.S. Government Relief
North America 17 Apr 2020 United Delta, American, United Allow Free Name Changes on Corporate Tickets
Global 17 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Coronavirus: Travel restrictions, border shutdowns by country
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Air France French state may call on banks to contribute to Air France bailout
Latin America 17 Apr 2020 LATAM LATAM Airlines Group requires financial support from govs to survive COVID impact
APAC 17 Apr 2020 Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Closes US Bases: 300 Jobs Affected
North America 17 Apr 2020 Southwest Southwest Eyes Hawaii Expansion Post Coronavirus
APAC 17 Apr 2020 Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines pax down 63% in Mar-2020, load factor declines to 55.7%
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry China becomes the largest aviation market in the world
Latin America 17 Apr 2020 COPA Current Situation Will Set Copa Back Almost 30 Years
North America 17 Apr 2020 Delta Delta, American, United Allow Free Name Changes on Corporate Tickets
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry ARC expands info page for airline refund processing
North America 17 Apr 2020 American Airlines The government could end up with a big stake in AA
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Lufthansa No Austrian Airlines scheduled services until at least mid-May
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Iceland Air Icelandair plans new share issue to prop up financial position
APAC 17 Apr 2020 AirAsia AirAsia, Malaysia Airlines merger an option as COVID-19 hits industry
North America 17 Apr 2020 Westjet WestJet to lay off 1700 pilots
Global 17 Apr 2020 Industry It certainly feels like we’re at the bottom - American Airlines CEO
EMEA 17 Apr 2020 Emirates Emirates becomes first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers
North America 17 Apr 2020 American Airlines Delta, American, United Allow Free Name Changes on Corporate Tickets
Global 17 Apr 2020 IATA IATA deepens projected airline revenue loss to $314 billion
EMEA 18 Apr 2020 KLM KLM withdraws plan to boost CEO bonus to 100% of salary
APAC 19 Apr 2020 GoAir GoAir employees to go on leave without pay till May 3
EMEA 19 Apr 2020 Air France AF to run 30% of its flights from July onwards
APAC 19 Apr 2020 Government India's aviation authority tells airlines not to take bookings until government orders
North America 20 Apr 2020 Government DOT rejects Spirit and JetBlue requests to drop U.S. destinations
North America 20 Apr 2020 Delta Will Delta Retire Some 767s Amid Capacity Cuts?
Global 20 Apr 2020 Industry OAG: Global Weekly Air Capacity Drops Below 30 Million Seats
North America 20 Apr 2020 United United Airlines reports $2.1B quarterly loss
APAC 20 Apr 2020 ANA ANA slashes 2019 earnings outlook due to pandemic
North America 20 Apr 2020 Hawaiian Airlines HA to get $650M in federal aid to continue operating
North America 20 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airlines under pressure for refund policies
North America 20 Apr 2020 Spirit DOT rejects Spirit and JetBlue requests to drop U.S. destinations
North America 20 Apr 2020 COVID-19 Airlines under pressure for refund policies