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British Airways planes parked on the runway at Bournemouth Airport, Dorset, UK - 01 May 2020
British Airways planes parked on the runway at Bournemouth Airport in Dorset.
The airline British Airways has announced plans to lose more than 1,100 pilots and make heavy cuts to its Gatwick airport operation as part of 12,000 redundancies.
On Tuesday evening they announced that they intended to lay off up to 30% of its workforce.
The coronavirus pandemic has grounded most major flights inbound and outbound of the United Kingdom in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus