British Airways owner IAG slashes flights after €1.3bn slump - The Guardian

In an unscheduled trading update, the group said it was cutting flights between October and December to just 30% of normal levels, blaming the reintroduction of travel restrictions by many European governments.

IAG called the current environment “highly uncertain” and said passengers were not booking flights as expected because of government restrictions, including local lockdowns and extension of quarantine requirements for travellers from an increasing list of countries

IAG complained that governments had not swiftly adopted initiatives to give people confidence to book or travel on flights, such as pre-departure coronavirus tests or arrangements for “air corridors” between countries, which allow passengers to travel without needing to quarantine

The UK’s first pre-departure coronavirus testing facility has opened at Heathrow, but the £80 test is only available to passengers flying from London to Hong Kong on airlines including BA, Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific

The tests must be pre-booked, and results will be available within an hour, a move that is seen as a significant breakthrough in demonstrating the possibility of clearing healthy passengers to travel and potentially ending quarantine rules