BA warns Gatwick staff it may not resume flights there

London’s Gatwick airport could bear the brunt of BA’s job cuts after the airline warned its operation may not return following the coronavirus crisis that has battered the aviation sector. In a letter to BA staff at the complex south of London, Adam Carson, MD of BA Gatwick, wrote: “As you know, we suspended our Gatwick flying schedule at the start of April and there is no certainty as to when or if these services can or will return.”  The memo was sent on Wednesday, just a day after IAG, BA’s parent company, announced plans to cut almost 30% of BA’s 42,000 workforce. The airline group warned this week that a return to 2019 passenger levels would take “several years” and said it was looking at cutting up to 12,000 jobs at the British airline. Gatwick represents about 20% of BA’s operations. Its main hub is at Heathrow airport, and it also operates out of London City. In late March, the carrier temporarily closed its operations at London City and stopped flying from Gatwick a week later. While Gatwick may suffer a bigger portion of the job cuts, some within the industry are sceptical that BA would leave London’s second biggest airport completely. Job cuts are expected to take place across all of the airline’s airport operations. <br/>