By Guy Taylor IAG, the airline conglomerate which owns British Airways, has unveiled plans to reinstate dividend pay-outs for the first time since Covid-19 decimated the aviation industry. “We see continuing strong demand for travel in the attractive core markets in which we operate: North Atlantic, Latin America and intra-Europe,” chief executive Luis Gallego told investors in a statement. It came as the London-listed group reported an operating profit of €1.3bn, a marginal €49m increase on last year’s haul. Total revenue came in at €14.7bn in the six months ended June, up from €13.6bn last y…