I’m really surprised that the government is under the impression the public would support this for U.K. citizens for the whole summer. In my opinion, It’s very different in Australia and New Zealand where you can ski, go to a rainforest, lie on a hot and sunny beach etc. All within the same country. I would understand it if it was just for Feb and March, but the reality is it will take the U.K. government months to implement and then take them months to decide to end it, and before we know it, the summer in Europe is lost. The vast majority of brits didn’t get a decent break last year and we’ve all carrying ourselves through this grim winter on the thought of getting away in summer 2021, so if it impacted U.K. citizens for the summer, I think it would be massive hit to morale and BA.

It’s getting really worrying for BA, every day this goes on, there will be hundreds of companies deciding they don’t need to do business travel again. As someone who advocates face to face meeting, even I’m beginning to think to myself, that if we don’t get flying for work this year, it’s just going to unjustifiable saying I need to go somewhere after we’ve coped without it for two years, and I work for a company of 22 people, not a massive corporate where they’ll be seeing millions saved at the moment.