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Emirates Airline cuts staff salaries, suspends all passenger flights from March 25

Ruth Okwumbu-ImafidonbyRuth Okwumbu-Imafidon
3 years ago
in Business News, Company News, Coronavirus
Emirates Airline cuts staff salaries by 25-50%, suspends all passenger flights from March 25

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum

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Emirates Airline announced on Sunday, its decision to slash staff salaries, and suspend all passenger flights from Wednesday, March 25.

ā€œToday we made the decision to temporarily suspend all passenger flights by 25 March 2020,ā€ the airline said onĀ itsĀ TwitterĀ handle @emirates.

Today we made the decision to temporarily suspend most passenger flights by 25 March 2020. SkyCargo operations will continue. This painful but pragmatic move will help Emirates Group preserve business viability and secure jobs worldwide, avoiding cuts. https://t.co/x7Y9XUOaAW 1/5 pic.twitter.com/LyU9CLR4iU

— Emirates Airline (@emirates) March 22, 2020

This precludes cargo operations, which are expected to continue in order to preserve the airlines operations, and secure jobs worldwide.

This decision comes two days after the United Arab Emirates announced the firstĀ 2Ā deaths from the Coronavirus disease, after recording 153 infectionsĀ and 38 recoveriesĀ in the country.

[READ MORE: COVID-19: MTN Nigeria outlines new measures, staff to work from home)

ā€œBy Wednesday 25 March, although we will still operate cargo flights, which remain busy, Emirates will have temporarily suspended all its passenger operations. We continue to watch the situation closely, and as soon as things allow, we will reinstate our services,ā€ the airline’s chairman and CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum assured in a statement to the AFP.

He added that Emirates Airline would only operate passenger flights to selected countries but could halt these flights anytime the situation turns for the worse.

We will operate passenger flights to UK, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, South Korea, USA & Canada. The situation remains dynamic; travellers can check flight status online. https://t.co/x7Y9XUOaAW 3/5 pic.twitter.com/TrOmT3jr98

— Emirates Airline (@emirates) March 22, 2020

Maktoum said thatĀ until January this year, the Emirates Group was ā€œdoing wellā€ against current financial year targets, but ā€œCOVID-19 has brought all that to a sudden and painful halt over the past six weeksā€.

READ ALSO: Airlines cut capacity to raise capital, as Coronavirus hits revenue further

In response to the realities, he noted that the airline would also slash basic salaries — by between 25 and 50% — of a majority of employees for three months, but will not cut jobs.

ā€œRather than ask employees to leave the business, we chose to implement a temporary basic salary cut as we want to protect our workforce,ā€ said Maktoum. ā€œWe want to avoid cutting jobs.ā€Ā 

He apologised for disrupting passengers flight schedules and assured them of the airline’s commitment to minimising the impact of the decision.

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