Edinburgh-London flights cut as BA plane written off

BRITISH Airways is to reduce its service from London City Airport to Edinburgh after one of its aircraft was written off, it emerged last night.

The craft was damaged on 13 February during an incident while landing in London.

BA said its smaller fleet would mean a reduction in its Edinburgh flights from eight return services each weekday to six.

The move will lead to 25 job cuts, which the company said it hoped to achieve through voluntary means.

A BA statement said: "Following the incident at London City Airport when a BA CityFlyer RJ100 landed with a failed nose wheel, the aircraft's future has been under review.

"The extent of the damage means either the aircraft will be written off by our insurance company, or the repairs will take so long to complete that this would coincide with the return of the aircraft at the end of its lease period.

"This means our fleet at London City Airport will be reduced to 11 aircraft.

"We will, therefore, be reducing frequency on our London City-Edinburgh service and, regrettably, will have to reduce our BA CityFlyer workforce by 25."