Virgin Atlantic to axe a third of jobs and shut Gatwick operations Airline fights for survival as coronavirus pandemic puts industry in jeopardy
Virgin Atlantic plans to cut the jobs of more than 3,000 workers and shut its operations at Gatwick airport in the latest sign of the chaos caused in the airline industry by coronavirus.
The 3,150 planned redundancies represent almost a third of Virgin Atlantic’s workforce of 10,000.
Airlines across the world have been rocked by the grounding of flights during pandemic lockdowns, which have put their business models in jeopardy.