British Airways (BA/BAW) has unveiled more details about how many job cuts in intends to make as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier today we revealed it planned to cut over 1000 pilots from the airline and now figures have emerged for Cabin Crew, Ground and Admin staff. The [read more]
British Airways has told the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) that it expects to make 1,130 pilots redundant as it decreases its fleet and operations in the wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic. In an email to BALPA seen by UK Aviation News, British Airways Director of Flight Operations Al Bridger [read more]
Seattle-based airframer Boeing has announced that it plans to cut its workforce by 10% as it seeks to cut costs following a $641m loss in the first quarter of 2020. Boeing made the announcement as it posted its first-quarter results and said it will seek to cut 16,000 jobs through [read more]
The National Transport Movement (NTM) which represents South African Airways staff had said that it expects a new airline to replace South African Airways. The airline hasn’t officially ceased operations but the South African Government has rejected calls for further financial aid. Speaking yesterday, NTM president Mashudu Raphetha has said [read more]
Unite, the union representing British Airways Cabin Crew has accused of British Airways CEO Alex Cruz of a making a “heartless decision at a time of national crisis”. The statement from Unite comes after British Airways parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) warned that up to 12,000 jobs may be [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) will need to cut up to 12,000 jobs as its parent company begins a “restructuring and redundancy programme” to recover from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airlines parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) said that a plan was being put to trade unions representing the airlines in [read more]
The first special flight carrying Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the Welsh Government is due in to Cardiff Airport today. According to the Welsh Government, the flight from Cambodia is carrying 200,000 fluid resistant gowns and is the first batch of 660,000 gowns ordered. The gowns have been in short [read more]
European airframer Airbus has confirmed that it will furlough 3,200 of its workforce at its wing manafacturing site at Broughton, North Wales. The news comes just hours after Airbus CEO Chief Executive Officer, Guillaume Faury told staff that the company was ” “bleeding cash at an unprecedented speed” and it must [read more]
Gatwick Airport has warned that it could take up to four years to recover from the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic which has seen movements at the airport drop from around 900 a day to just 10. The airport hopes to return to regular flights next month or into early June [read more]
According to a letter to Airbus staff from Chief Executive Officer, Guillaume Faury, the airframer has lost almost a third of its business and that it must act quickly to protect the very survival of the company. In the communication Mr Faury says that the company is “bleeding cash at [read more]
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