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Virgin permanently scraps Heathrow-Newark route
Virgin Atlantic has scrapped its London Heathrow-Newark route with immediate effect.
In a statement, its said: "This change amounts (to an) approximately 80% reduction in flights per day by 26 March. As a direct consequence we will be parking approximately 75% of our fleet by 26 March and at points in April will go up to 85%.
Earlier this month, Virgin said its top execs would take temporary pay cuts as part of a raft of measures during the downturn.
Today the airline said chief executive Shai Weiss has extended his 20% pay cut to the end of the year and other senior execs have also extended their 15% pay cuts for the same amount of time.
It is asking the UK Government to ask for a £7.4 billion bailout to keep the aviation industry going.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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