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British Airways to reconsider July restart after quarantine blow

Air
Gary Noakes
11 May 2020

British Airways “will review” its proposed return to service in July following the government’s announcement that it will quarantine all inbound passengers.

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Willie Walsh, chief executive of BA’s parent company IAG, slammed Boris Johnson’s proposal of a 14-day quarantine for all air passengers arriving in the UK.

Speaking to parliament’s transport select committee, Walsh said: “We had been planning to resume on a pretty significant basis our flying in July, I think we will have to review that based on what the prime minister said.”

Walsh had earlier said the airline could run half its service from July, but said this ambition could now be abandoned.