'PCR Covid tests are too expensive':  Airline group head Willie Walsh 

Willie Walsh has called for the airline industry to challenge whether PCR tests are necessary, claiming lateral flow and rapid antigen tests are 'just as effective'.  Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Willie Walsh, the head of global airline industry body IATA has hit out at the high cost of Covid-19 testing, accusing providers of profiteering from travel, and calling for the industry to challenge whether PCR tests are necessary.

European airlines are counting on a travel rebound this summer after months of Covid restrictions left them struggling with minimal revenues and huge new debts taken on to survive the pandemic.