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London to New York flights could resume by November, says Heathrow boss
Oct 1, 2020
‘I would love to have a New York-London pilot up and running by Thanksgiving,’ says airport chief
London to New York flights could start up again as early as November, according to the boss of Heathrow Airport .
CEO John Holland-Kaye said that on-site Covid-19 testing for passengers could mean the route is operating again in time for Thanksgiving (26 November).
“I would love to have a New York–London pilot up and running by Thanksgiving,” he told Travel Weekly .
“That seems entirely feasible.”
He added: “There is consensus that testing is the answer to getting people flying, that testing before departure is the better way of doing it and that we need a common international standard.”
Heathrow started rapid Covid testing trials in August, the findings of which are now being shared with and assessed by government officials.
Airport executives, along with much of the aviation industry, hope that testing could replace the blanket two-week quarantine policy that is currently in place for the majority of all arrivals into the UK, including those from the US.
At the moment, the government line is that there is no fail-safe alternative to self-isolation.
Holland-Kaye said he has received indications that government talks on testing could start by the second half of October.
Part of the resistance with replacing quarantine with testing is the potential for travellers to receive a false negative result depending on what stage of the infection they are at.
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