25 Critical Days for the Travel Industry in 2020
Photo Credit: Skift highlights 20 key dates for travel during a frenetic year of the pandemic. Skift / Pavlo Vakhrushev
Skift Take
It's difficult to pinpoint dates when a crisis has enveloped your industry, but here's 25 to help understand the year travel has endured.
You could argue every day for travel businesses during the pandemic has been mission-critical. But some days over the past 11 months stand out to us. Here's a list of 25 key dates:
January 17
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) begins screening passengers for coronavirus at three U.S. airports, San Francisco (SFO), New York (JFK), and Los Angeles (LAX).
January 21
Skift publishes its very first story on coronavirus, followed three days later with a staff-written story on the potential impact across travel.
February 2
Countries issue a cutoff of 5 p.m. on Sunday for airline passengers to leave China. If they didn't, for Americans, they would be denied entry to the United States or subject to two-week quarantine.
March 5
United Airlines President Scott Kirby, now CEO, speaking at an investor conference put on by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, offers a rare stark prediction compared to his fellow airline execs about the length and severity of the impact from co
