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May 29, 2020

Airlines increase job cuts as pandemic crushes air travel

  • Airlines are reporting a slight increase in passengers since mid-April, but still are bracing for a slow recovery.
    • By DAVID KOENIG and DANICA KIRKA
    Associated Press

    Major airlines on both sides of the Atlantic are cutting even more jobs as they struggle to cope with a plunge in air travel that will leave the airline industry much smaller than it was before the coronavirus pandemic and economic collapse.

    EasyJet said Thursday that it will cut up to one-third of its 15,000 employees. The London-based budget airline's CEO said he had no choice.


     
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