New BA boss seeks green light for transatlantic testing pilot

Reuters

Published Oct 19, 2020 05:45

PARIS (Reuters) - British Airways' (L:ICAG) new chief executive appealed to the British and U.S. governments on Monday to back a pre-flight COVID-19 testing programme to restart transatlantic flights.

"We need to work together on a testing pilot so flights can start between London and New York, traditionally one of the busiest airline routes in the world," Sean Doyle said told an online conference in his first public appearance in the job.