OTTAWA—An industry group is calling on Ottawa to follow the United Kingdom’s lead and help bring in a restart plan for Canada’s airline sector. Mike McNaney, president and chief executive officer of the National Airlines Council of Canada, says the U.K. has announced that starting May 17 it will allow travel to and from a select list of countries. He says travellers from those destinations will not need to quarantine upon entering the U.K. McNaney says the initial list of countries announced Friday will expand over time as the public health situation improves. He says it is time for the federal government to work with the industry in Canada to develop a similar plan. Travel restrictions introduced through the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have been catastrophic for the airline sector, as passenger numbers and profits plummeted and tens of thousands of workers lost their jobs. “In the midst of …