UK’s Gatwick Airport to cut up to 600 jobs due to Covid-19
The country’s second-largest airport is operating at about 20% of 2019’s capacity
26 August 2020 - 17:39
London — Gatwick Airport, Britain’s number two airport to the south of London, has said it needs to axe up to 600 jobs, nearly a quarter of its workforce, because of the travel slump caused by Covid-19.
The travel industry has been hit hard by the pandemic. Lockdowns, which prevented flying from March to June, have been replaced in the UK by quarantine rules, stopping a hoped-for rebound in traffic and leading to thousands of job losses...
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