The airline Air Canada announced on Wednesday that 1,900 jobs have been cut following new travel restrictions imposed by the Canadian government to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
See also: Canada will require negative PCR testing for travelers.
These layoffs will affect “some 1,700 employees, not counting more than 200 employees of Air Canada Express,” the company said in a statement.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the firm has cut some 20,000 jobs, more than 50 percent of its staff, AFP reported.
See also: Transat Shareholders Approve Offer to Purchase Air Canada.
In addition, Air Canada’s network will be reduced again, by 25% in the first quarter of 2021.
As of last week, passengers over the age of five must present a negative coronavirus test at least three days old in order to board a plane bound for Canada.
This measure is in addition to the mandatory 14-day quarantine that must be respected by travelers arriving in the country.
Air Canada, like its competitors, faces a sharp drop in passenger traffic estimated at 88 percent in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year, as well as a drop in revenue.
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