Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways have decided to extend employee salary cuts until September, according to Reuters.
The aviation sector is among the hardest hit by the Corona virus pandemic, which has led to a decline in travel demand and forced large airlines to lay off employees and seek rescue packages from governments. < / p>
Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways have reduced their operations, mostly for overseas flights, since the suspension of passenger flights in March.
The two companies are scheduled to resume some connecting flights this month after the UAE canceled last week the suspension of these services.
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines told employees on Sunday that it would extend a three-month wage cut, which was due to end this month, until September 30, according to An internal e-mail message seen by Reuters.
The e-mail sent to Emirates Group employees stated that wage cuts will also increase in some cases and that some basic salaries will be reduced by 50 percent.
The message says the decision was made after reviewing all possible options to maintain the monetary status of the group.
The government-owned Emirates Group, which in March had 105,000 employees and the airline owning its assets, has yet to respond to an email request for comment.
Emirates Airlines earlier cut basic wages between 25 and 50 percent for a three-month period starting in April, except for junior employees.
As for the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, a spokeswoman said the company had extended the wage cut between 25 percent and 50 percent until September while it was studying all options to protect jobs and maintain liquidity. Cash.
The airline had initially cut April wages.
Emails, seen by Reuters, reported that Etihad had disbanded some of the flight crew last week and that it did not intend to demobilize more of them.
The spokeswoman said that several sectors of the airline witnessed layoffs, and sources told Reuters this month ...
