BA CEO Sean Doyle – “we’ll come out the other end”

Talking at the CAPA Live on 14-Apr-2021, British Airways CEO Sean Doyle spoke with CAPA’s Peter Harbison.

In some verbatim extracts below, Mr Doyle discussed:

– BA’s “rightsizing”

– “airlines are better run when they’re run as businesses”

– sustainability, fuel efficient fleets and net zero by 2050

– vaccine progress should help open up the UK-US market and “fatigue with zoom calls”

– the the potential of the “A321neo narrowbody opportunity”

– the importance of the Qatar Airways partnership in opening up Asian networks

– the China market’s importance as it parallels the UK’s services sector

– London City Airport has great potential

– creating a framework for travel to reopen, cheaper testing, vaccinations

– APD makes the UK industry uncompetitive

– a focus on integrating APIs into BA’s core airport processes

– sustainability: ” IAG was the first airline group in the world to commit to net zero by 2050″

To watch the interview in full, please see In-depth interview with new British Airways CEO Sean Doyle