By Danny Lee, scmp.com Cathay Pacific Airways will close its Canadian pilot base, and is considering doing the same to ones in Australia and New Zealand, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, the Post has learned. The moves come as part of a review of the airline’s overseas cockpit crew ...

By Andrea Ongaro, airwaysmag.com Irish LCC Ryanair (FR) will close its Vienna base at the end of the year, the staff either moving to Dublin, Athens or Thessaloniki. Those or all Vianna workers who are not tranfered to the aforementioned bases would also risk losing their jobs at FR. Ryanair ...

Over the past three months, NAV Canada has announced their intention to close seven air traffic control towers and reduce the level of service at their respective airports. Additionally, NAV Canada has served the Union notice of their intent to further reduce the air traffic control workforce outsid...

By TheStandard.com.hk Jardine Aviation Services, which provides ground handling services at the Hong Kong International Airport, is expected to sack about 340 staff from next month. The company's staff union said today that the firm had informed workers of the layoffs in an internal notice, an...

By itv.com EasyJet is set to cut hundreds of flights following the government's announcement that the country is to go into a second lockdown on Thursday. The airline is Gatwick's biggest operator. Chief executive Johan Lundgren called on the Government to boost support for UK aviation companies,...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) presented new analysis showing that the airline industry cannot slash costs sufficiently to neutralize severe cash burn to avoid bankruptcies and preserve jobs in 2021. IATA reiterated its call for government relief measures to sustain airlines fina...

By John Huston, airwaysmag.com Lufthansa (LH) has warned that 30,000 jobs are under threat as it scales down its winter schedule to levels not seen since the 1970s. The airline cites the corona virus pandemic as the reason for the cutbacks. The executive board of Europe’s largest airline said in...

Finnair has completed the co-operation process started in September on its plans to reduce up to 1,000 jobs, to make other structural changes and to implement additional temporary layoffs due to the impacts of the corona pandemic. Due to the dramatic market changes caused by the pandemic, Finnair cu...

By James Field, airwaysmag.com According to a report from The Seattle Times, Boeing will lay off another 750 members of its staff. This comes following the demand slowdown caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to Boeing, the termination date for the workers will be November 20, with t...

By Sofia Marrero airwaysmag.com Emirates (EK) has shared a letter with its staff warning them of the need for job reductions in the UK to protect the airline’s cash and safeguard the business’s viable future. The news came today via several British media. In July, EK President Tim Clark said t...

By Mark Kleinman, Sky News Virgin Atlantic Airways is preparing to cut more than 1,000 jobs within hours of seeing a £1.2bn rescue deal approved, as it contends with a slower-than-expected recovery in international demand for air travel. Sky News has learnt that the airline founded by Sir Ric...

The collapse in demand for air travel due to the Corona pandemic led to an 80 percent drop in revenue for the Lufthansa Group in the second quarter to 1.9 billion euros (previous year: 9.6 billion euros). Most of the revenue (1.5 billion euros) was generated by Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Technik....

300 baggage handlers, caterers and engineers in Fiji who had their contracts cancelled, are demanding to know why they were released when 100 jobs have since been advertised. Air Terminal Services (ATS) has claimed that it was forced to let staff go because of the impact the covid-19 pandemic but...

Easyjet has announced that it plans to cut up to 4,500 of its staff and reduce its fleet in preparation for an expected slowdown in flights in the aftermath of Covid-19. Shares in easyJet rose 6% to 751 pence, their highest level since mid-March. Easyjet chief executive Johan Lundgren said:...