Overview
The following resources provide up-to-date information on the COVID-19 pandemic and may be useful to agencies, suppliers, or passengers. Please note these are external links and the information is not provided by Travelport.
Useful links
Travel Tech wins representation in CARES Act
In the United States, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act was signed into US law on March 27 to mitigate some of the economic stress created by the pandemic. It is the largest economic stimulus package ever passed in the US and is the equivalent of 10% of US GDP.
Newland Chase / CIBT — Latest Travel and Immigration Disruption
Downloadable information guide includes COVID-19 related travel restrictions for all countries. Page updated daily at 11am GMT/7am EST and 5.30pm GMT/1:30pm EST.
Coronavirus flight cancellation tracker
A list of airlines with the extent of capacity and flight reductions, with start and end date where known. This sheet is maintained by Seth Miller, Jason Rabinowitz, John Ostrower, JetTip and Danny Lee:
TravelPerk - Business travel & Coronavirus information center
Includes advice on managing business travel and risk, a hotel cancellation policy summary from a selection of chains and OTAs, and a list of cancelled/postponed conferences and events.
PhocusWire — LIVE BLOG: Impact of coronavirus on the travel industry
CAPA Centre for Aviation — Daily coronavirus and aviation global update
Skift – Coronavirus and the Travel Industry
OAG – Coronavirus and the impact on airline schedules
To help you understand the airline schedule changes and extent of the impact, OAG has been tracking the effect of the current COVID-19 epidemic on aviation capacity since the start of the year.
WTTC - World Travel and Tourism Council
Contains updated travel advice for travelers, and latest COVID-19 government policies.
Investopedia - Government stimulus efforts to fight the COVID-19 crisis
Governments and Central Banks are implementing stimulus measures around the world to fight the economic disruption of COVID-19. This is an overview of what's happening.
Online COVID-19 case tracker — CSSE at John Hopkins
Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John Hopkins University maintains a live visual tracker using data sources such as: WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC, DXY, 1point3acres, Worldometers.info, BNO, state and national government health departments, and local media reports.