PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters) - British Airways' new
chief executive appealed to the British and U.S. governments on
Monday to back a pre-flight COVID-19 testing programme to
restart transatlantic flights.
"We need to work together on a testing pilot so flights can
start between London and New York, traditionally one of the
busiest airline routes in the world," Sean Doyle said told an
online conference in his first public appearance in the job.
The plan requires governments to agree to waive quarantines
for tested passengers, Doyle said. "At the moment we're not
getting any support or action and we're not hearing from
governments what they're thinking."
(Reporting by Laurence Frost, editing by Louise Heavens)
International Airlines (IAG)
