Virgin Atlantic to axe a third of jobs and shut Gatwick operations
Airline fights for survival as coronavirus pandemic puts industry in jeopardy
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Virgin Atlantic plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs and shut its operations at Gatwick airport in the latest sign of the chaos caused in the airline industry by the coronavirus.
The 3,150 planned redundancies represent almost one in three of Virgin Atlantic’s workforce of 10,000, prompting calls from unions and Labour for the government to step in to save the jobs.
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