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Article: BA to axe long-haul flights from Gatwick

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The Independent (London, England)
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October 11, 2000
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BRITISH AIRWAYS is today expected to announce a substantial cutback in long-haul flights from Gatwick as part of a sweeping plan to halt scheduled intercontinental services from the airport.

BA is understood to be axing services to Miami and some South American destinations from next April, but it has developed a two- year strategy that will involve other scheduled long-haul flights being scrapped or switched to Heathrow. The airport would be left with chartered flights to long-haul destinations, many of them during the holiday season.

City analysts also believe the company has decided to sell up to a dozen Jumbo jets, four of which will be sold immediately. The airline

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