{"id":100193,"date":"2020-09-16T20:36:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=100193"},"modified":"2020-09-16T20:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T20:37:11","slug":"british-airways-president-advocates-for-job-cuts-because-of-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/09\/british-airways-president-advocates-for-job-cuts-because-of-the-pandemic.html","title":{"rendered":"British Airways President advocates for job cuts because of the pandemic."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

British Airways <\/strong>President and CEO Alex Cruz defended on Wednesday the drastic cuts made in the airline’s workforce due to the collapse of demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, reported InfoBae<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>New travel restrictions bring the reduction in IAG capacity in 2020 to 63%.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cruz appeared before the British Parliament’s Transport Committee a week after the International Airlines Group (IAG), a British-Spanish consortium to which British Airways and Iberia, among other airlines, belong, announced further job cuts due to coronavirus restrictions and quarantines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Covid has devastated our business, our sector. We are still fighting for our own survival,” Cruz told the MPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Luis Gallego becomes CEO of IAG.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Last week we transported 187,000 passengers to and from the United Kingdom. The same week of the previous year, just under a million,” he said, stressing that with fewer flights less staff are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the health emergency, IAG, led by his compatriot Luis Gallego, embarked on a massive restructuring, in line with other airlines such as Air Canada, American Airlines and Lufthansa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

British Airways is currently in the process of cutting 13,000 jobs, nearly a third of its workforce, and without giving any figures Iberia also acknowledged that it will have to reduce its workforce due to the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regretting “deeply” the departure of “many loyal and hardworking colleagues”, Cruz explained: “as president of British Airways (\u2026) I had to act incredibly fast” to save the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n