PARIS (Reuters) – British Airways is well placed to lead a European travel recovery from COVID-19 if relatively swift vaccine rollouts in Britain and the United States allow transatlantic routes to reopen, Chief Executive Sean Doyle stated on Wednesday.
“There’s an immediate opportunity to open up the U.S.,” Doyle stated during CAPA Live, an online industry event.
With the 2 nations “more or less mirroring each other” on vaccination, Doyle stated, “that should lead to the UK and the U.S. being able to lead the way in terms of opening up.”
Transatlantic re-opening would play to the network strengths of British Airways and parent group IAG, he added. “The breadth and depth of the network we have supplied there historically has been a competitive advantage for us.”
