The Australian airline, Qantas Airways Group, plans to write off about 6000 jobs in various sectors.
This comes with the continued granting of about 15 thousand employees leave from work in light of the repercussions of the Corona Virus pandemic.
According to Al Bayan, the company said it would stop operating at least 100 aircraft for up to 12 months, including most of its international fleet aircraft to cut costs by $ 15 billion. Australian ($ 10.3 billion) over the next three years.
"We have to prepare ourselves to face years of extremely low revenue," said Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas Group, on Thursday. This means becoming a smaller airline in the short term.
He added: Most airlines are obliged to restructure themselves in order to maintain their survival, which means that they will become smaller and more competitive.
Qantas Group Inc includes Qantas Airways and low-cost airline Jetstar. The group has given nearly two-thirds of its 29,000 employees leave since last March. It is expected that about 8,000 employees will return to work by next August.
It is reported that Qantas is currently operating at about 5% of its internal operating capacity before the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, and intends to increase the percentage to 15% during the coming months, while reducing restrictions on movement to contain The pandemic.
The company has canceled all its international flights except for its flights to New Zealand until late October.
Joyce said he was in talks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison about extending government support for the troubled airline, and was also in talks with Australian states to reopen their airspace for domestic flights.
In November, Qantas will celebrate its 100th anniversary since its inception.
