The owner of British Airways has removed thousands of round-trip flights from its upcoming schedules and will cut frequencies on dozens of short-haul routes as it aims to make a profit following the pandemic, it has been reported. IAG - International Consolidated Airlines Group - says it will fly at 80 per cent of its pre-Covid capacity this year, having previously forecast a figure of 85 per cent.
IAG runs BA, Spanish carriers Iberia and Vueling, and Irish airline Aer Lingus. Luis Gallego, the company's chief executive, has said cutting back on flights will allow the group to return to profit this spring and for the rest of this year, The Times reports.
And BA chief executive Sean Doyle said the airline had cut the equivalent of 8,000 round trips, three-quarters of which were on short-haul routes. This amounts to 10 per cent of BA's flight schedules between March and October, according to the Financial Times.
