British Airways Airbus taxis pass American Airlines and United Airlines at Heathrow Airport.
Photographer: Tim Ockenden / PA Photos / Getty Images
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Airlines have raised demand for destinations that were once unimportant, allowing them to mitigate some of the damage caused by a coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by the Financial Times published Sunday.
Carriers including British Airways, Air France and United Airlines have all seen the growing importance of clearer routes as governments severely restricted international travel to prevent the spread of the virus, the paper said.
Luis Gallego, chief executive officer of BA IAG told the newspaper that demand for flights to west Africa, Latin America and south Asia had held more than flights to North America, which has fallen to between 15 % and 20% of passenger income over the last six months. Air France has reported strong demand for flights to former French lords, while American United Airlines carriers are on long haul routes to Africa and South Asia, catering in-numbers. immigrants of his cities, Chicago and Newark, near New York.
Virgin Atlantic, which has typically focused on flights between the UK and America, has also been serving diaspora communities. Demand for flights to India, Pakistan and Nigeria from the UK has been particularly stable, Rikke Christensen, who runs network design at the airline, told the Financial Times.