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Coronavirus Travel News

Follow the latest news about coronavirus and its impact on hotels, airlines, cruise lines, tourism destinations, and other sectors of the travel industry.

We are over a year into the Covid-19 global pandemic, and the impact on the travel industry has been severe to say the least. Skift has been covering this on a day-to-day basis since January 2020. You can read the latest news, as well as all of our coverage, on the pages below.

Airlines

Norway Approves New Law That Could Help Rescue Norwegian Air

The new legislation might relax regulations around debt negotiations, but the airline will still need to win over bondholders and shareholders ahead of May 4 when it outlines its rescue proposal.

Victoria Klesty, Reuters | 4 years ago

Airlines

Lufthansa Aims to Finalize $11 Billion Rescue Package Next Week

This proposed rescue package is one of the biggest yet in the aviation sector, but with the call for help spread out across four countries and Ryanair's Michael O'Leary threatening to sue some governments over this kind of aid, it's far from a done deal.

Klaus Lauer, Patricia Uhlig and Arno Schuetze, Reuters | 4 years ago

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How Blackstone’s Earlier Hilton Investment Will Guide Its Hotel Strategy in This Crisis

Coronavirus may lead to distressed pricing and investment opportunities for firms like Blackstone, but it could take up to a year before we see the first wave of acquisition plays.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

Airlines

Middle East and African Nations Need to Do More to Protect Airlines: IATA

The world's aviation body is calling for more clarity on what African and Middle Eastern states are going to do to help distressed airlines survive the crisis.

Alexander Cornwell and Omar Mohammed, Reuters | 4 years ago

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Delta Now Wants to Raise $3 Billion After Posting $534 Million First Quarter Hit

This amount triples United's own bid to raise $1 billion, but it's an essential move considering the carrier will slash its second quarter schedule by 85 percent.

Shubham Kalia, Reuters | 4 years ago

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Accor CEO: We Won’t Be Investing Equity in Our Struggling Hotels

It is impossible to predict a hotel company's overall 2020 financial performance until the spread of coronavirus stabilizes, and until operators can see what type of travel returns first.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

Airlines

Don’t Count on Airlines to Fully Recover for 3 Years: Delta CEO

It could have been worse. Delta Air Lines reported $8.6 billion in first quarter revenue, but demand fell by 95 percent in April. The second quarter could be way more ugly, even after the airline cut its schedule by 85 percent.

Madhu Unnikrishnan, Skift | 4 years ago

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Asia’s Hotels Warming Up to Automation Thanks to Growing Social Distancing Norms

Raising productivity and easing a manpower crunch had been the original triggers behind the deployment of service robots and contactless technology in Asia’s hospitality sector, but the coronavirus pandemic will catalyze the automation trends already on the horizon.

Xinyi Liang-Pholsena, Skift | 4 years ago

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United Airlines to Sell 39 Million Shares to Raise Cash

It's the first major airline to sell equity during the crisis, and aiming to raise $1 billion through the public offering. Will other carriers follow suit?

Tracy Rucinsk and Bharath Manjesh, Reuters | 4 years ago

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China’s Daily Air Passenger Numbers Show a Mild 8 Percent Recovery From March

With signs of recovery in China serving as a bellwether for the rest of the world, the lack of leisure demand for domestic air travel shows that global tourism recovery still have a long way to go.

Stella Qiu, Lusha Zhang and Se Young Lee, Reuters | 4 years ago