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Virgin Atlantic to axe 3,000 jobs and cease operations at Gatwick Airport as it battles for survival amid coronavirus crisis Virgin Atlantic – owned by Sir Richard Branson – will axe a third of its workforce The airline will also cease operations at Britain’s second largest airpot, Gatwick It is being reported that staff and … Read more
British Airways has today told staff it may cease to operate flights out of Gatwick airport after the coronavirus pandemic. The news was revealed in a memo, written by the head of BA’s Gatwick operation and seen by BBC News. This comes as it was revealed the beleaguered airline is seeking to cut pilot numbers … Read more
Letter to colleagues from Alex Cruz, Chairman and CEO at British Airways Yesterday, British Airways flew just a handful of aircraft out of Heathrow. On a normal day we would fly more than 300. What we are facing as an airline, like so many other businesses up and down the country, is that there is … Read more
Gatwick boss says passengers should be given compulsory virus tests 48 hours before they board planes as part of new travel measures once lockdown is lifted Stewart Wingate said passengers should be required to carry ‘health passports’ Proposals to get Britain’s skies moving again are being discussed in government Heathrow’s boss has also called for … Read more
British Airways has struck a deal with its unions to suspend more than 30,000 cabin crew and ground staff in one of the airline industry’s most dramatic moves yet to survive the coronavirus pandemic. With global travel in turmoil as the virus takes hold around the world, BA’s owner, IAG, said it would also cut … Read more
British Airways ‘to suspend 36,000 staff days after grounding ALL flights to and from Gatwick due to coronavirus’ By James Wood For Mailonline Published: 00:10 BST, 2 April 2020 | Updated: 00:10 BST, 2 April 2020 British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff as it battles to survive the coronavirus … Read more
Relieved passengers burst into applause after a British Airways repatriation flight from Peru landed at Gatwick this morning – but travellers claim they were ‘left in the dark’ by the Foreign Office over whether to self-isolate or not. The flight was one of two BA flights that took off from Lima on Monday evening and … Read more
British Airways grounds ALL flights to and from Gatwick due to coronavirus – hours after easyJet took its entire fleet out of service By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:10 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 07:11 BST, 31 March 2020 British Airways today axed all its flights to and from Gatwick Airport … Read more
‘Get the police!’: Terrified passengers scatter as brawling yobs throw punches and insults in Gatwick airport arrivals hall before onlookers step in to separate them Two groups of men clashed at Gatwick’s north terminal at 7.50pm on Tuesday One witness said other passengers ‘were running off in terror, thinking the worst’ Members of the public … Read more
Holidaymakers on a return flight to Edinburgh were taken off a plane at Gatwick and told the rest of their 450-mile trip would be completed by road. After a four-hour delay in Lanzarote the flight finally took off but because of the wait crew could not reach Scotland without exceeding their legal flying hours. The … Read more