British Airways refused to attend a meeting with Home Secretary Priti Patel last week to discuss the UK's new quarantine plans. Click here to read the full story.

The UK's biggest airline is a fierce opponent of the plans, which will require travellers to the UK to isolate for 14 days or face a £1,000 fine.

BA did not give a reason for its absence and declined further comment.

The new quarantine rules came into force from 8th June. BA, under huge financial strain due to the pandemic, has called it "another blow to our industry".

BA and owner IAG - which also runs Iberia and Aer Lingus - are understood to be annoyed at what they see as a lack of consultation over the quarantine's introduction.

It is expected most travellers will completely ignore the new quarantine rules - Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said he will not cancel flights despite the government’s new quarantine rules for travellers arriving in the UK, because “British people are ignoring this quarantine. They know it’s rubbish.”

The airlines argue that the rules have come into force much too late to stop the transmission of Covid-19 and will kill off any nascent recovery in their industries.

O’Leary said the airlines planned to file legal papers and hoped the case would be heard this week.

Johan Lundgren, the chief executive of easyJet, said the government rushed through the measures and that the airlines had a good chance of winning the legal action to have them scrapped.

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