"Heathrow Airport said on Monday it is taking "immediate steps to safeguard the financial resilience of our business including the protection of jobs".BBC reporter Simon Jones said that Gatwick Airport would be Heathrow Chief executive John Holland-Kaye is to forego his salary for the coming months, and recruitment has been frozen.There has already been chaos at airports around the world as frantic tourists try to get home.Travellers in the US faced seven hour queues after the Cheap holidays to Turkey now costing tourists even less as local currency plummets You can stay in a Disney Snow White cottage in the UK for just £31pppn The Amalfi coast certainly isn't cheap, but it is possible to go on a budget Owning a holiday home is a more realistic dream than you might think Sunny Beach hotels to shut for the rest of summer as Brits fail to return©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No.

"For the sake of the UK economy it is essential for the UK Government to catch up to its peers across the continent and provide support to the sector and the wider economy through financing, guarantees, grants and tax relief. Dr Peter Vlachos "The airport will remain available for use by the government, it said, "in case it can be used to support the emergency services, military or other government agencies. "At this point in this fast-moving and unprecedented situation, we think this is the responsible thing to do for the safety and wellbeing of our staff, passengers, and everyone associated with the airport," the statement said. The shutdown is scheduled to last through the end of April.The airport announced the shutdown in a statement on Wednesday, saying all commercial and private flights will be paused throughout it. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. 2020-03-25T17:03:35Z Heathrow passengers down 88 per cent in July due to coronavirus The London hub said 60 per cent of its route network is still grounded Get your weekly recap of all things electric vehicles, airlines, and more. Please review our "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. London's Gatwick Airport has been closed since 9 p.m. Wednesday -- bar a brief reprieve of 45 minutes early Thursday -- after drones were spotted near the airfield.

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Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation.London City Airport will suspend all of its operations beginning Wednesday evening, as the ongoing coronavirus crisis continues to lead to plummeting travel demand.

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Trade body the Airport Operators Association ... we are clear that airports will shut down in weeks unless urgent action is taken to support the ... 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. "All our staff will continue to be employed and will return to work as soon as possible. The best guide may be what happened on Friday night, when the airport was shut down for 70 minutes after a drone was spotted. London City’s announcement comes soon after Manchester airport condensed operations into Terminal 1, closing Terminals 2 and 3 due to decreased demand.

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London City Airport will suspend all of its operations beginning Wednesday evening, as the ongoing coronavirus crisis continues to lead to plummeting travel demand.
London City Airport will shut down to both commercial and private flights through the end of April due to the coronavirus crisis, it announced on Wednesday. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The airport in the capital's former docklands made the announcement in response to the government's latest lockdown measures. London City airport is halting its expansion plans following a collapse in business travel by Square Mile bankers.The Docklands airport will pause a £480m programme to boost passenger capacity once construction on eight new stands for aircraft and a taxiway parallel to the runway is finished at the end of the year.It comes after the Covid pandemic sent demand for business travel plummeting. [2] [3] Located in Croydon, South London, England, it opened in 1920, built in a Neoclassical style, [4] and was developed as Britain's main airport, handling more cargo, mail, and passengers than any other UK airport at the …

London City airport, which largely serves business travellers, is to shut down this evening and not re-open until May at the earliest.