Commercial Fixed Wing
Time Pressure; Situational Awareness; Confusion; Communication Breakdown
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown; No Specific Anomaly Occurred Unwanted Situation
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
Aircraft being pushed back from gate XX in ZZZ. Just prior to our pushback; another company had started to tow a type X aircraft from gate XX1 to XX2 (I didn't see which gate specifically as I was the wing-walker). The crew towing the type X aircraft cut across the ramp when they had plenty of room to maneuver around our flight and in the process give us plenty of room. The other company tow team's action forced me to motion to our pushback driver to stop the push ASAP. We stopped our push and the other company continued to their gate. Our crew then continued our push back and dispatched the flight normally. The X gates are being used for RON aircraft due to ongoing COVID-19 flight reductions.
Ground wing-walker reported ramp safety concerns because of the unusual aircraft parking areas needed during the COVID-19 reductions.