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Richard Branson

The airline would lay off 3,000 staff

Tuesday May 5, 2020
England, United Kingdom

On 5 May 2020, it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline would lay off 3,000 staff, reduce the fleet size to 35 by the summer of 2022, retire the Boeing 747-400s, and would not resume operations from Gatwick following the pandemic.


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