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MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2025
Thousands of BA staff to lose jobs as airline pushes ahead with cuts

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Reuters
07 August, 2020, 08:40 pm
Last modified: 07 August, 2020, 08:45 pm

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Thousands of BA staff to lose jobs as airline pushes ahead with cuts

British Airways, owned by IAG, said in April it would need to axe up to 12,000 of its 42,000 staff to survive the Covid-19 pandemic and remain competitive

Reuters
07 August, 2020, 08:40 pm
Last modified: 07 August, 2020, 08:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: British Airways logos are seen on tail fins at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: British Airways logos are seen on tail fins at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo

Thousands of British Airways staff will be sent letters telling them they have lost their jobs on Friday, as the airline pushes ahead with a plan to cut employee numbers by 29 percent in the face of bitter opposition from unions.

British Airways, owned by IAG, said in April it would need to axe up to 12,000 of its 42,000 staff to survive the Covid-19 pandemic and remain competitive.

But the plan has met fierce resistance from cabin crew union Unite which said on Friday it would also keep fighting against pay cuts for existing staff.

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BA said that 6,000 employees had decided to take voluntary redundancy, while thousands of others would receive a letter in the coming days to tell them their fate.

Following a selection process, staff will hear whether they still have a job or not, and if they do, whether they will be required to accept a new contract or stay on their old one.

Unite has accused BA of "industrial thuggery" and it is trying to win support from lawmakers to strip BA of airport slots.

BA is currently only flying about 20 percent of its normal schedule and burning through 20 million pounds per day.

"We are having to make difficult decisions and take every possible action now to protect as many jobs as possible," a spokesman for BA said.

Rival airlines Lufthansa and Air France-KLM have also announced job cuts.

Unite, which has already threatened BA with strike action, called on the airline to offer the same deal that it has agreed with its pilots to other staff.

"We will do everything in our power to prevent compulsory redundancies and attacks on workers' wages by a boardroom with billions in the bank," Unite said in a statement.

British Airways agreed a deal last week with pilots union BALPA for a pay cut of about 20 percent and some compulsory job cuts estimated around 270.

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