Major airline CEOs call for summit to speed UK-US travel

The CEs of major US and UK passenger airlines Tuesday called for a summit with the two governments to speed the reopening of transatlantic travel. “The airline industry needs adequate lead time to establish a plan for restarting air services, including scheduling aircraft and crews for these routes as well as for marketing and selling tickets,” said the letter signed by the CEOs of American Airlines, Delta, United, BA, Virgin Atlantic and JetBlue Airways in a letter to the transport chiefs of both countries. A spokesman for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the British Embassy in Washington did not immediately comment. The letter said US and UK citizens “would benefit from the significant testing capability and the successful trials of digital applications to verify health credentials.”<br/>