Emirates Airlines has dispensed with more pilots and hospitality crews this week, in a new round of downsizing the workforce due to the Corona pandemic.
According to Reuters, sources said that the company owned by the Dubai government shed thousands of jobs, including pilots and hospitality workers as it manages a cash crisis due to the pandemic. >
A company spokeswoman on Thursday did not say how many employees were laid off this week or the departments in which they worked.
Sources previously told Reuters that the workforce, which includes 4,300 pilots and some 22,000 employed in hospitality crews, may be reduced by a third compared to pre-pandemic levels. p>
Two sources said that the Airbus A380 pilots were the most affected by the job cuts this week, while one of the sources stated that it is expected that more will be dispensed with.
Adel Ahmed Al-Reda, the company's director of operations, told Reuters on June 25 that the 115 Airbus A380 pilots will not all return to this service. Year, adding that the company needs to review its strategy.
The spokeswoman for the company said that the Emirates Group, which includes the airline, is still in the process of implementing the process of layoffs.
Just like the rest of the airline and tourism companies, Coffed-19 has hurt us very badly, and as a responsible company, we should simply determine the proper size of our workforce in line with the requirements of reducing operations.
Emirates Airlines has dispensed with pilots and hospitality crews in the past month as well.
Aviation is one of the sectors hardest hit by the outbreak of the Corona virus, as companies have been forced to lay off workers and request financial rescue from governments in anticipation of a slow recovery.
