British Airways CEO
replaced as company fights for survival
LONDON (AP) —
British Airways CEO Alex Cruz has been replaced after 4 1/2 years on the
job as the COVID-19 pandemic pummels airlines around the world.
International
Consolidated Airlines Group, BA’s parent company, said Monday that Cruz had
been replaced by Sean Doyle, previously the boss of Aer Lingus, another
carrier in the group.
BA has been
criticized in recent months for its handling of 12,000 job cuts linked to
the pandemic. The airline’s passenger traffic dropped 95% from a year
earlier in the second quarter, leading to a first-half operating loss of
4.04 billion euros ($4.77 billion).
Airlines around the
world have seen passenger numbers plummet amid government-imposed travel
restrictions and concerns about the safety of air travel during the
pandemic.
Earlier this year,
Cruz told the House of Commons transport select committee that BA was
“fighting for our own survival.”
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