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Heathrow chief John Holland- Kaye: ‘A clear roadmap from the government is critical. If we only get a sign in mid-May, it will be too late’


Aviation leaders call for roadmap to reopening


Heathrow, BA and Virgin bosses stress risk of being ‘too cautious’. By Ian Taylor


UK aviation leaders issued “a wake-up call” to the government following confirmation of a traffic light system for categorising countries on Monday and ahead of publication of the Global Travel Taskforce report on travel’s restart. Heathrow chief executive John


Holland-Kaye warned: “There is a genuine risk the government is too cautious and we don’t see any genuine travel until after the summer. That would be a big setback.” Holland-Kaye joined British


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Airways chief executive Sean Doyle and Virgin Atlantic chief Shai Weiss to call for clarity on the countries likely to be open for travel this summer. He said: “This is a wake-up call to


the government. They can’t give no support to the sector and have it get through the summer with no travel. “People need some certainty and


a roadmap for how we open up, with milestones over the next couple of months.” Holland-Kaye argued: “It’s striking how little support there has been


for aviation in the UK compared to some other countries. We’re entirely self-sufficient. That is why we’re calling on the government to let us get people moving again.” Doyle warned: “We have to beware


of being complacent about travel. We’re in a very difficult place now. [But] we have a way out of this. We should be ambitious.” Weiss said: “We expect there


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