Michael O'Leary, the CEO of rival Ryanair, said the airline industry would have been poorer without her; "I clearly underestimated her and I was proved wrong.

Willie Walsh, chief executive of the British Airways parent International Airlines Group, said he was "sorry to see Carolyn [McCall] leave".

[15] She is a creator of BritBox, a subscription video service venture in partnership with the BBC which launched of late 2019 in the UK.

[20] The same month, Jay Hunt was tipped by proactiveinvestors.co.uk as a potential replacement for McCall as Chief Executive of ITV plc.

[23] McCall served as a non-executive board member in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy between 2017 and 2020.

[1] McCall was named Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year in April 2008, and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to women in business.

[26] In June 2014, McCall was awarded a Doctor of Science Honoris Causa by Cranfield University in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the aerospace industry and her distinguished achievements in international business.

[27] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to the aviation industry.