nervous_novice
I was under the impression that IAG group had received several bailout loans since the pandemic began, and specifically BA received £2 billion in January. The £2 billion may have arisen from bank loans but those loans were in fact backed by the U.K. government under its export development guarantee.
In any case, what do you care? If you no longer work in EK, or never worked there, then move on and concentrate your efforts on making a happy life for yourself. All this negativity is no good for you, brother.