Emirates to slash up to 9000 jobs due to Covid-19 but airline better off than others, president says – The National

Emirates to slash up to 9000 jobs due to Covid-19 but airline better off than others, president says – The National

Company plans to cut as much as 15% of its workforce after having already reduced staff numbers by 10%, Tim Clark told the BBC

















An Emirates airlines Airbus A380 in Dubai. The carrier has cut a tenth of its workforce during the coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that could rise to 15%, or 9,000 jobs, its president Tim Clark said. AFP. 







Emirates airline plans to cut up to 9,000 jobs as the company joins its global peers and reduces its workforce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, to cut costs and preserve cash, but remains in a better state than others, its president said.



The Dubai airline will increase the job cuts to as much as 15 per cent of its workforce, after already letting go of 10 per cent of its staff, Emirates president Tim Clark told the BBC.



The airline, which was set to have one of its "best years ever" before the pandemic, is "not as badly off as others," Mr Clark told the news service.



Last week, Emirates laid off employees in another round of redundancies.



"We can confirm that we are still in the process of implementing