<p>British Airways CEO Alex Cruz has been replaced after four and a half years on the job as the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> pandemic pummels airlines around the world.</p>.<p>International Consolidated Airlines Group, BA's parent company, said Monday that Cruz had been replaced by Sean Doyle, previously the boss of Aer Lingus, another carrier in the group.</p>.<p>BA has been criticised in recent months for its handling of 12,000 job cuts linked to the pandemic.</p>.<p>The airline's passenger traffic dropped 95 per cent from a year earlier in the second quarter, leading to a first-half operating loss of 4.04 billion euros ($4.77 billion).</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Earlier this year, Cruz told the House of Commons transport select committee that BA was “fighting for our own survival.''</p>
<p>British Airways CEO Alex Cruz has been replaced after four and a half years on the job as the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">Covid-19</a> pandemic pummels airlines around the world.</p>.<p>International Consolidated Airlines Group, BA's parent company, said Monday that Cruz had been replaced by Sean Doyle, previously the boss of Aer Lingus, another carrier in the group.</p>.<p>BA has been criticised in recent months for its handling of 12,000 job cuts linked to the pandemic.</p>.<p>The airline's passenger traffic dropped 95 per cent from a year earlier in the second quarter, leading to a first-half operating loss of 4.04 billion euros ($4.77 billion).</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>Earlier this year, Cruz told the House of Commons transport select committee that BA was “fighting for our own survival.''</p>