KLM will eliminate between 800 and 1,000 additional jobs.
Dutch airline KLM will lay off between 800 and 1,000 additional workers as a result of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the company announced Wednesday.
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The company, which is part of the Air France-KLM group, had already announced 5,000 layoffs in July, reported AFP.
“The reality is that the recovery is taking longer than we expected, especially for long distances, partly due to the international restrictions in place,” the airline reported.
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KLM CEO Pieter Elbers explained that recent restrictions announced by the Netherlands, including bans on flights from the UK, South Africa and South America, “have added” problems for the airline.
According to Dutch media, the company will also have to cut its long-haul flights because of the additional covid-19 tests imposed by the government, which make it very difficult to send crews abroad.
The Dutch government granted €3.4 billion (about $4 billion) in aid to KLM last year.
The pilots also agreed to a five-year pay cut last November as part of the conditions for receiving the aid.
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