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

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 schedule. 

The decision by BA to shut its Gatwick operation came hours after easyJet grounded its entire fleet of 330 planes