Flights operating in and out of UK airports have plummeted drastically to some of the lowest figures in recent years amid the coronavirus crisis and subsequent lockdowns. As borders worldwide implement strict measures – including the banning of Britons from all but 11 countries worldwide – the number of UK airports still offering services has reduced dramatically.
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Amid the stay at home measures, though, several flights do continue to take off each day.
Unlike their normal offering during what is usually a peak holiday season, instead, these journeys have a more vital role.
Flights are now being offered to try and aid those stranded in the UK to return back to their home countries.
Furthermore, some commercial flights continue to operate into the UK to bring home Britons who have been abroad during the pandemic.
The government has also partnered with UK airlines including British Airways, easyJet, Virgin, and Titan to set up a repatriation effort and ensure those who want to fly home are able to do so.
However, TUI and Jet2 have both announced they will be grounding all commercial flights for the near future.
“The first priority is to keep as many commercial flights running as we can, and that’s based purely on the scale and the number of people who want to come home,” explained Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a government update.
Airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have also offered their services to the shipment of vital cargo.
The fact that some airports remain open could come as good news to a chunk of each hub’s workforce who may still be needed on-site to help things continue to run, however, the reduction in service likely has some fatalities too.
So which airports and airlines are still offering flights for repatriation and essential services?
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London Heathrow Airport
British Airways
Ireland routes to Dublin, Cork, Shannon, and Belfast.
Asia routes to Tokyo and Seoul.
US routes to Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Seattle.
European routes to Nice, Berlin Lisbon, Casablanca, Barcelona, and Madrid.
American Airlines
The US operator continues to fly to its home routes of Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and New York.
It is also offering journeys to Brussels, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Madrid, Nairobi, Oslo, and Paris.
United
United is running just one route from the London hub to New York.
Qantas
The Australian flag carrier continues to fly a skeleton service with journeys departing to Berlin, Edinburgh, and Basel.
Aer Lingus
The Irish airline is offering home routes to Dublin, Belfast, and Cork.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa is operating just one route from London Heathrow to Frankfurt.
Cathay Pacific
Similarly, Cathay Pacific is now flying to one solitary destination – Hong Kong.
Iberia
Iberia continues to fly to a number of destinations including Aberdeen, Barcelona, Belfast, Cairo, Cape Town, Dubai, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamad, Johnaserburg, Madrid, Manchester, Mumbai, Nairobi, Newcastle, Oslo, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Air Canada
The Canadian operator is offering one direct route to Toronto.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines will fly one route to Tokyo.
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is now flying to three routes- Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Hamad.
Etihad
Etihad is running a skeleton schedule to Belfast, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Oslo, Rome, Shannon, Stavanger, and Stockholm.
Iceland Air
Iceland Air is flying to Reykjavik.
Egypt Air
The Egyptian airline will fly just to Cairo.
Bulgaria Air
The airline is operating one flight to Sofia.
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London Gatwick
British Airways
BA is offering just two routes from Gatwick – Dublin, and Hamand.
Wizz Air
Wizz Air is flying four routes to Budapest, Bucharest, Gdansk, and Krakow.
Iberia
Iberia continues to fly to Bridgetown, Jersey, Seville, St Johns, and Tenerife.
London Stansted
British Airways
The UK flag-carrier is flying just one route to Hamad.
Qatar
The airline is offering one route to Hamad.
Air India
Air India is providing just one route to Amritsar.
London Luton
Wizz Air
Wizz Air is the only airline flying from London Luton. It is serving two routes to Budapest and Sofia.
Manchester Airport
British Airways
British Airways are offering two routes to Dublin and Hamad.
LoganAir
LoganAir is offering the biggest quantity of flights from Manchester with routes including Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast, Dusseldorf, Exeter, Jersey, Newquay, Paris, Southampton.
Etihad
Etihad is flying routes to Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Dublin
Garuda
Garuda is offering two journeys to Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam.
Birmingham Airport
British Airways
British Airways is flying one route to Dublin.
Air India
Air India is flying four UK routes to Aberdeen, Belfast, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
Bristol Airport
Alitalia
Alitalia is flying directly to Amsterdam.
Leeds Airport
Eastern Airways
The airline is operating one flight to Southampton
Newcastle Airport
Eastern Airways
The airline is flying two routes to Aberdeen and Southampton.
KLM
The Dutch carrier is flying one route to Amsterdam.
A number of airports in Scotland are also operating flights for key workers and cargo.
Meanwhile, cargo flights also remain operational from a number of UK airports.
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