Air Arabia decided to lay off a number of employees in various departments due to the activity being affected by the spread of the Corona virus.

According to Al Bayan newspaper, a company spokesman said: As a result of the continuous cessation of air travel and the repercussions of Corona that dominated the global aviation sector, we were unfortunately forced to take the decision to demobilize a number of Our employees in the various departments of the company. We have worked during the past few months to take a set of steps to protect our employees, but the current restructuring comes today among the steps that the company is taking in light of the current travel situation.

The spokesperson continued: At the same time, we were keen to keep the demobilization cases at their lowest levels in line with our continuous endeavor to ensure the continuity of our work and face the continuous impact that the Corona epidemic has had on the sector .. We sincerely hope that the aviation sector will return to its previous momentum in a short period, so that we can speed up the strengthening of the human cadres in the Air Arabia family, in all its different categories and specialties.

The Sharjah-based airline, which employs about 2,000 employees, did not say how many employees were affected by the most recent cut. The company laid off 57 employees in May.