Newly-appointed British Airways CEO Sean Doyle is urging the UK government to abandon its quarantine requirements and replace the system with preflight coronavirus testing to “get the economy moving again.” Speaking at the virtual "Airlines 2050: Beyond the Crisis" event on Monday, Doyle warned of a “risk as an industry we will not see beyond this crisis if we do not first address the issue of how we get people flying again; everything else is for another day.” The UK’s rule that requires passengers arriving in England from countries not on its so-called safe travel corridor list to self-isolate for two weeks has proved detrimental to demand, leaving groups such as the International Air Transport Association calling for states to urgently act to establish harmonized testing protocols. “We do not believe that quarantine is the solution,” Doyle said. “We believe the best way to reassure people is to introduce a reliable and affordable test before flying.”
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