British Airways ‘to suspend 36,000 staff days after grounding ALL flights to and from Gatwick due to coronavirus’
British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff as it battles to survive the coronavirus crisis.
It comes after the airline axed all its flights to and from Gatwick Airport as COVID-19 continues to strangle the aviation industry.
The airline, which jets to Europe, America and the Caribbean from the West Sussex airport, has already mothballed many planes across its UK bases – but is still running from London Heathrow with a severely reduced schedule.
The decision by BA to shut its Gatwick operation came hours after easyJet grounded its entire fleet of 330 aircraft and became the first UK airline to stop all its operations.
Large numbers of the British Airways fleet of aircraft are seen grounded at Bournemouth International Airport including several Boeing 747 planes on Wednesday
More to follow.