Originally Posted by
rog747
With all due respect old chap 99.999% of the UK pop'n cannot fly now, nor in the foreseeable....FCO advise against all non-essential travel abroad - No one is going on Hols nor going away on VFR nor on business trips....Half the World will not let Brits in anyway without a big fuss.
Flying airplanes has almost stopped dead in its tracks let alone low levels.
Gatwick is a ghost town. the only major flying is Cargo jets right now.
With all due respect old chap you seem to be viewing a very local clouded picture only. Everyday (including today) in UK airspace there are approx 800 commercial flights taking place operating to all points of the globe. This is a figure that has held steady for the past few weeks. Destinations remain the same pre corona, just the frequency has dropped (China/Uk is the exception where there are now dozens of extra flights weekly). Approx 25,000 pax of dozens of different nationalities are routing through various UK airports daily, some for repatriation to/from UK, some connecting only, some key workers, some with medical appointments + others.
LGW is one of the quieter airports due it's predominant operators ceasing flying, but there are other regional airports still open handling more flights including the exec airports.