Adds BA remark Nov 5 (Reuters) - British Airways will scale
Adds BA remark
Nov 5 (Reuters) – British Airways will scale back its flight schedule this month after the UK authorities put additional restrictions on leisure journey to attempt to curb the unfold of coronavirus.
“Our focus is on protecting essential air hyperlinks open – bringing residence the hundreds of consumers at the moment overseas, transporting important items, and making certain people who find themselves permitted to journey out and in of the UK for work, training and different causes stipulated by the UK Authorities, can proceed to take action,” BA stated in an announcement.
BA stated it might contact prospects whose flights are cancelled to supply refund or rebooking choices.
Sky Information additionally reported that BA, a part of the Worldwide Consolidated Airways Group ICAG.L, would furlough extra workers on account of the modifications.
Underneath new restrictions launched in England on Thursday, abroad journey is permitted just for particular functions corresponding to work and research for the following 4 weeks.
The brand new boss of IAG warned final month he might need to strip much more prices from the enterprise as a second wave of COVID-19 leaves its airways looking at a bleak winter with little or no journey.
(Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Maju Samuel and David Evans)
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