Flydubai asks staff members on unpaid leave to return to work

Flydubai asks staff members on unpaid leave to return to work

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Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

CEO of "Flydubai," Ghaith Al Ghaith stated that the carrier's operational capacity has reached about 65 per cent compared to pre COVID-19 capacity prior to the closure of crucial source markets India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh due to COVID-19.

"We are optimistic about the summer season, but the biggest question would be: which country will be open?“ Ghaith said during a virtual meeting with John Strickland, an aviation sector expert, within the activities of the second day of the virtual edition of the Arab Travel Market (ATM-2021).

"Flydubai has contacted its staff members who chose to take unpaid leave due to COVID-19, in order to return to work starting from June 2021,“ Ghaith confirmed.

He explained that the airline has set a schedule for returning employees to service again, indicating that 97 per cent of staff who were offered the choice of taking unpaid leave or redundancy at the height of the COVID-19 crisis, had opted to choose the former.

"This confirms their commitment to the company, and the decision to return them to work confirms our endeavor to retain our employees,“ Al Ghaith added.

He further stressed the importance of the cooperation between Flydubai