By Aziz El Yaakoubi DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Etihad Airwa
By Aziz El Yaakoubi
DUBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Etihad Airways informed cabin crew on Wednesday there can be layoffs this week, an inner electronic mail confirmed, and an organization supply mentioned the airline’s Airbus AIR.PA A380 superjumbos have been parked “indefinitely” after a slower than anticipated restoration in demand.
Within the inner electronic mail seen by Reuters, cabin crew had been informed these affected can be notified inside 24 hours, with out saying what number of would lose their jobs.
The discover was despatched out two days after a letter gave pilots on the Abu Dhabi state service comparable information.
Etihad has already reduce jobs and salaries as its losses widened this yr.
Workers had been informed within the electronic mail that Etihad believes it’s going to turn into a a lot smaller airline as air journey demand has not recovered rapidly sufficient, leaving the service with a bigger workforce than wanted.
An organization supply mentioned as much as 1,000 cabin crew job cuts are anticipated, together with senior cabin workers and cabin managers.
The airline employed round 4,800 cabin crew as of February.
In a second electronic mail despatched on Wednesday and seen by Reuters, Etihad informed the remaining workers it nonetheless has a surplus of cabin crew. Nonetheless, the airline will handle that with an unpaid go away programme, it added.
The supply mentioned that Chief Govt Tony Douglas had informed workers its A380s would proceed to be parked “indefinitely”.
They’ve been grounded since March as a result of the pandemic has significantly decreased air journey demand.
An Etihad spokeswoman informed Reuters the A380s would stay grounded until demand elevated sufficiently. She didn’t reply to questions concerning the deliberate job losses.
The Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation has mentioned that inconsistent border guidelines have hampered the airline trade’s restoration, making it tough for airways to plan.
A brand new wave of infections and lockdowns throughout Europe and elsewhere has added to the uncertainty for the aviation trade because it faces its worst ever disaster.
Etihad this week mentioned it might push forward with plans to shrink the airline right into a mid-sized service concentrating on its wide-body fleet, elevating questions on the way forward for its 30 narrow-body Airbus A320 jets.
(Reporting by Aziz El Yaakoubi; Extra reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Modifying by Jane Merriman and Barbara Lewis)
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