New British Airways CEO calls for “urgent introduction of pre-departure testing”

International news
2020-10-19

Newly-appointed British Airways CEO Sean Doyle has made his first public appearance at the Airlines 2050 summit, in which he called for the introduction of pre-departure Covid-19 testing . Doyle took over as BA’s chief executive last week, replacing Alex Cruz, and gave a keynote address aT the virtual aviation summit.

Doyle said that the carrier believed “the best way to reassure people is to introduce a reliable and affordable test before flying”.

“For the UK this approach reduces the stress on NHS testing systems within the UK and on policing the quarantine system,” he added.

Doyle also highlighted recent analysis from The International Air Transport Association (IATA) which concluded there was a low risk of catching Covid-19 inflight, with just 44 recorded cases across 1.2 billion passengers.

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