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 This page is no longer updated but remains a source for looking back on the events our industry weathered during our toughest times.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
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways Says Pandemic Isn’t Deterring Agency Support for Booking Tickets With New Tech Method
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways banned from Hong Kong
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 British Airways Cutting 75% of flights in April, May
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 British Airways Willie Walsh defends British Airways over job cut plans
EMEA 10 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways Announces Return To London Gatwick Next Weekend
EMEA 18 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways Launches New First Class Suite With Door
EMEA 21 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways CEO: Airline Industry May Never Recover From COVID-19
Europe 07 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways' souvenir sale hits snag as demand soars
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways to expand transatlantic Covid-19 testing trial to more routes
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 British Airways Willie Walsh postpones retirement
EMEA 03 May 2020 British Airways British Airways At The Forefront Of Change For A Post-COVID-19 Airline World
EMEA 14 May 2020 British Airways British Airways owner confirms 12,000 job cuts will still be axed even after Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended furlough scheme to end of October
EMEA 16 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Owner IAG Said to Prepare Review of Strategy
EMEA 28 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways faces strike threat over job cut plan
EMEA 03 Aug 2020 British Airways IAG’s Walsh warns against obtaining liquidity without structural reform
EMEA 10 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways owner IAG to cut more flights
EMEA 11 Sep 2020 British Airways BA Pay Deal: Cabin Crew divide shows
EMEA 16 Oct 2020 British Airways British Airways fined £20m over data breach
EMEA 19 Oct 2020 British Airways New BA boss Doyle criticises government inaction on UK-US routes
Europe 14 Dec 2020 British Airways British Airways’ Last Airbus A380 Leaves Chateauroux
EMEA 16 Mar 2020 British Airways Jobs will be lost
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Suspends Flights At London City Airport
EMEA 23 Jul 2020 British Airways British Airways pilots to vote on deal to cut jobs and pay
EMEA 01 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airways pilots vote to accept jobs deal
EMEA 19 Oct 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS: NEW BOSS DEMANDS PRE-FLIGHT TESTING
EMEA 17 Mar 2020 British Airways British Airways due to make pilot redundancies
EMEA 30 Apr 2020 British Airways BA may not reopen at Gatwick once pandemic passes
EMEA 06 Jul 2020 British Airways Pilots' union has reached outline deal with British Airways in fight to save jobs
EMEA 25 Jul 2020 British Airways EasyJet and British Airways plan to continue UK-Spain flights
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways British Airways scraps London to Sydney flights by Christmas 2020
Europe 16 Nov 2020 British Airways Goldman is back on board owner of British Airways
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Continues Flights Via Sing Despite Transit Ban
EMEA 29 Jun 2020 British Airways British Airways Reportedly Lays Off 350 Pilots and Puts 300 in ‘Pool’ for Rehire
EMEA 11 Sep 2020 British Airways GIANT AIRLINES CUT FLIGHTS AND STAFF AS RECOVERY RECEDES
EMEA 16 Sep 2020 British Airways BA CEO: Recovery Will Be Very Long, with Some Changes Permanent
Europe 09 Nov 2020 British Airways Fresh lockdown prompts British Airways to suspend Gatwick flights
EMEA 25 Mar 2020 British Airways British government rules out help for airlines
EMEA 11 May 2020 British Airways British Airways may halt plans to restart flights in July due to govt’s new 14-day quarantine rule
EMEA 11 May 2020 British Airways British Airways owner says burning cash, quarantine plan will make it worse
EMEA 22 Sep 2020 British Airways BRITISH AIRWAYS AND HEATHROW WARN ‘ACTION NEEDED IMMEDIATELY’ TO LIMIT DAMAGE CAUSED BY TRANSATLANTIC TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
EMEA 31 Mar 2020 British Airways BA Suspends Flights From Gatwick Airport
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 British Airways British Airways suspends more than 30,000
EMEA 29 May 2020 British Airways British Airways may outsource work of 450 redundant employees
EMEA 15 Jul 2020 British Airways Boris Johnson Backs Away From Punishing British Airways Over Jobs
EMEA 18 Aug 2020 British Airways British Airlines Appeal For UK COVID Test Quarantine Exemption
EMEA 23 Sep 2020 British Airways British Airways takes Flying with Confidence course online
EMEA 03 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Germany in talks to inject billions into Lufthansa
EMEA 09 Apr 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group To Reduce Fleet Size
EMEA 20 Mar 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Group CEO: 'There Will Be No Back To Normal'
EMEA 17 Aug 2020 Lufthansa Lufthansa Cabin Crew Union Members Back Cost Cut Deal