Emirates continues to make changes to its workforce in order to cut down the costs due to the economic difficulty caused by coronavirus.  Dubai-based Emirates Airline plans to lays off thousands of employees in the third phase of job cuts, joining its global peers in becoming leaner to cope with the pandemic that has devastated air travel demand. According to the reports of Baaghi TV, Dubai’s state airline is all set to fire 9,000 employees after the COVID-19 pandemic caused passenger demand to plummet. Emirates first laid off newly hired flight attendants and pilots at the end of May in a first wave of redundancies. However, on Jun 10, the airline took job cuts to a next level, including laying off many employees who had been at the company for a long time. Emirates lays off highest number of workers amid COVID-19 Emirates, Etihad extend temporary salary cuts to September Emirates has reduced wages and grounded most of its passenger fleet to preserve cash during the crisis that has resulted in massive losses for the global aviation industry. Earlier, Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are extended the period of salary deduction for their staff until September as they try to … Continue reading Emirates to slash more workforce in third wave of job cuts