Vaccinated people should be allowed to travel sans restrictions, an airline chief executive said as he called on governments to work together to revive the aviation industry.
Sean Doyle, British Airways’s chief executive is pulling out ideas for a potential return of non-essential travel ahead of the UK government’s announcement on the resumption of international travel on April 12.
“I think people who’ve been vaccinated should be able to travel without restriction. Those who have not been vaccinated should be able to travel with a negative test result,” said Doyle.
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Doyle told Reuters that he is optimistic that British Airways will resume operations this summer as vaccine rollout continues. However, the said return will depend on the UK government’s decision on April 12.
The BA’s new boss eyes for Britain government’s backing to apps that can be used on verifying the result of a traveler’s vaccination status as well as COVID-19 test.
The UK government’s vaccination drive has covered 44 percent or less than half of the country’s adult population.
Doyle added that he is expecting that Britain will announce a tiered framework of destinations categorized according to risk. The said announcement will also determine the summer schedule of the airline.
“We’re already looking at new destinations over the summer that we haven’t flown to before, and that could be across both long haul and short haul,” Doyle said.
Meanwhile, Doyle declined to forecast how strong the season could be.
BA has partnered with the testing kit provider to provide its passengers a 33 pound ($46) tests to take abroad, Reuters reported. (RA)
