Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye has warned social distancing will create "kilometre-long queues" to board at airports.
Potential disruption at Heathrow looks to have been averted (Credit: Heathrow airport)
"Forget social distancing – it won’t work in aviation or any other form of public transport," Heathrow chief executive Holland-Kaye told The Telegraph.
"The problem is not the plane, it is the lack of space in the airport. Just one jumbo jet would require a queue a kilometre long.”
Writing for the paper on Monday (4 May), Holland-Kaye reiterated his call for a "common international standard" for air travel post-coronavirus, including pre-flight health checks.
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