British Airways will furlough workers on 80 per cent pay after grounding all flights at Gatwick

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’

British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff as it battles to survive the coronavirus crisis.  The airline has reached a broad deal with the Unite union that will include the suspension of 80 per cent of BA’s cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and those working at head office. Crucially however, no staff … Read more

British Airways ‘to suspend 36,000 staff days after grounding ALL flights to and from Gatwick’

British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff as it battles to survive the coronavirus crisis.  The airline has reached a broad deal with the Unite union that will include the suspension of 80 per cent of BA’s cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and those working at head office. Crucially however, no staff … Read more

Passengers burst into applause as British Airways repatriation flight from Peru lands at Gatwick

Relieved passengers burst into applause after a British Airways repatriation flight from Peru landed at Gatwick this morning – but thousands of Brits still stranded abroad. The flight was one of two BA flights that took off from Lima on Monday evening and arrived safely in the UK on Tuesday morning. Footage posted on social … Read more

BA grounds ALL flights to and from Gatwick due to coronavirus

British Airways today axed all its flights to and from Gatwick Airport as coronavirus continues to strangle the aviation industry. The airline, which jets to Europe, America and the Caribbean from the West Sussex airport, has already mothballed jets at Bournemouth, Glasgow and Cardiff – but is still running from London Heathrow with a severely reduced … Read more

BA grounds ALL flights to and from Gatwick due to coronavirus

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