Originally Posted by
TartinTon
Everyone is assuming that airlines like BA and Easy will weather this and the reality is that the outcome for any airline is far from certain. Until we know what/if quarantine requirements are for arrivals into countries, what the social distancing requirements will be for each country, what the pre-boarding/arrivals testing environment and timescales look like as things gear up, all this is far from certain. Fares will HAVE to rise (by a factor of at least 2 and more likely 3). The airline environment is set to change seismically from what it was pre-pandemic.
UK government would let BA or Easyjet fall. They are way too important to the UK aviation scene and especially the London aviation scene.
From BA and Easyjet point of view it would be the price of government help that might worry them. I doubt either would want to give up shares and dividends to the government in the long term.