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IAG boss calls for testing and health passes to restart travel

Air
Rob Gill
26 February 2021

British Airways’ parent IAG has called for international Covid-19 testing standards and digital health passes to restart flights, as the company slumped to a record €7.4 billion operating loss in 2020.

British Airways and other IAG carriers cut capacity to just 33.5% of 2019 levels

The annual results for IAG, which also owns Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling, showed the impact of the pandemic on the airline group during 2020 with revenue slumping by 69% to €7.8 billion as passenger capacity was cut back to just 33.5% of 2019’s levels.


Lockdowns and government restrictions across the UK and Europe mean that IAG’s planned capacity during the first three months of 2021 is currently down to just 20% of last year’s figures and even this level of capacity is “uncertain and subject to review”.