BA suspends all Gatwick flights due to coronavirus

BA suspends all Gatwick flights due to coronavirus

British Airways is suspending all remaining flights to and from Gatwick, ending the last scheduled flights by UK carriers from the airport during the coronavirus pandemic.. A few foreign carriers, including Gulf airlines Qatar, are continuing to operate some flights, but otherwise only a few, unscheduled repatriation services are expected to pass through the airport in the coming weeks.. The airline will carry out essential work at Gatwick, including maintenance, to be ready to start up again once travel restrictions are relaxed.. The pandemic has pushed the global airline industry into crisis, with strict restrictions across most of the main air travel markets.. Thousands of staff are being laid off but the UK government has insisted that it would not offer an industry-wide bailout .. Virgin Atlantic, one of the first airlines to seek assistance, is among four carriers whose planes will be chartered by the government for a £75m repatriation operation for Britons stranded abroad..