Job Losses Mount As More Gulf Airlines Cut Staff Numbers

Job Losses Mount As More Gulf Airlines Cut Staff Numbers

I write about business and politics in the Middle East and beyond. Earlier this month rival airline Qatar Airways said it would have to make "a substantial number of jobs redundant.". The third of the Gulf's big-three airlines, Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, is also said to have cut hundreds of jobs.. IATA says Gulf airlines risk losing more than $19bn in revenue this year and more than 1 million jobs in or connected to the aviation sector in the region are at risk as a result of the downturn.. Dominic Dudley is a freelance journalist with almost two decades' experience in reporting on business, economic and political stories in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe..