Announcing the measures on Tuesday (5 May), Virgin said it would temporarily cease operations at Gatwick airport, while seeking to retain its slots in readiness consumer demand to return.
It comes just days after a leaked memo, seen by the BBC, suggested British Airways may not immediately resume its operations at Gatwick once the recovery from Covid-19 comes.
There are also doubts over the future scale of Norwegian’s operations at Gatwick owing to its ongoing financial troubles. Norwegian is Gatwick’s third largest carrier.
