
Financial performance during the coronavirus pandemic The coronavirus pandemic greatly impacted British Airways. In 2020, the airline generated a worldwide revenue of only 3.9 billion British pounds, 70 percent less than the previous year. It was an employer to 37,361 people that same year. Regarding passenger numbers, British Airways lost 74 percent of its passenger traffic because of the coronavirus pandemic, uplifting only 11.66 million people in 2020.