“Let’s open the flights. Let’s get back to work. if not now When?”. John Holland-Kaye, Airport CEO heathrow Thus conclude his speech during the meeting Aviation Leader in the United States and the United Kingdom, who are shouting for fast again Reopening Transatlantic Voyages, waiting for him G7 Meetings Due in Cornwall this weekend.
CEOs of major British and American airlines operating in the Atlantic Ocean (Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines; Sean Doyle, CEO and President of British Airways; Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines; John Holland-Kaye, CEO Heathrow; Robin Hayes, CEO JetBlue; Scott Kirby, CEO United; Roger Dow, President and CEO US Travel Association; Shai Weiss, CEO Virgin Atlantic), believe the move will be “essential to accelerate the economic recovery”. And asked “data-based and risk”. based approach to reopening borders for travel”.
a request to governments
“We’re asking Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Joe Biden to lead the way and open the skies with flights, and we’re asking them to do the same at the summit,” Shai Weiss said. Figures and statistics back it up… It’s not a choice between health and travel.”
For transatlantic flights to reopen significantly, the UK must add the US to its “green list”, which does not require quarantine for incoming passengers, while the US should lift restrictions on arrivals from the UK.
corridor
An incident, later, at which Delta CEO Ed Bastian says: “We’ve been spending a lot of time with our administration in the United States on this issue. This should be the first instance of lifting a ban … the United States and Creating a travel corridor between the United Kingdom”. The CEO argues that vaccination campaigns in both the UK and the US should allow flights to resume.
A recent York Aviation report suggests a second “lost summer” of international travel would result in £55.7bn in trade and £3bn in tourism GDP if the reopening was delayed until September. According to a US Travel Association analysis, if international travel remains limited, the US economy will suffer a total deficit of $325 billion and 1.1 million jobs by the end of 2021.