BA boss Sean Doyle calls for pre-flight testing and an end to quarantine 

'We need to work together on a testing pilot so flights can start between London and New York,' says former Aer Lingus CEO

New BA boss Sean Doyle, who joined from Aer Lingus last week, wants a global framework of virus testing for airline passengers to replace unpopular quarantine laws

Sean Doyle, who last week swapped the CEO seat at Aer Lingus for the top job at stablemate British Airways, has urged the UK and US to back pre-flight Covid-19 testing with quarantine-free transatlantic travel corridors.

“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,” Mr Doyle said in his first public appearance since becoming British Airways boss.