2020 in aviation


This is a list of aviation-related events in 2020. The aviation industry was impacted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Events

January

; 2 January
; 8 January
; 9 January
; 23 January
; 25 January
; 26 January
; 27 January
; 28 January
; 29 January

February

; 5 February
; 12 February
; 17 February

March

; 5 March
; 11 March
; 13 March
; 17 March
; 18 March
; 19 March

April

; 14 April
; 15 April
; 17 April
; 23 April
; 25 April
; 27 April

May

; 4 May
; 5 May
; 17 May
; 18 May
; 22 May

June

; 4 June
; 10 June
; 11 June
; 30 June

July

; 1 July
; 2 July

August

; 7 August
; 11 August
; 22 August
; 27 August

September

; 24 September
; 30 September

October

; 1 October
; 5 October
; 8 October
;31 October

November

; 18 November

December

; 3 December
; 7 December
; 9 December
; 10 December
; 11 December
; 17 December
; 18 December
; 19 December
; 27 December
; 29 December

First flights

The deadliest crash of this year was Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, a Boeing 737 which was shot down shortly after takeoff from Tehran, Iran, on 8 January, killing all 176 people on board.