It could take up to four years for Emirates airline’s operations to return “to some degree of normality”, its president said Monday, a day after the carrier announced job cuts over the coronavirus crisis.
The Middle East’s largest carrier, which has a 100,000-strong staff and a fleet of 270 wide-bodied aircraft, halted operations in late March as part of shutdowns to combat the spread of the pandemic.
Two weeks later, the airline resumed limited passenger operations but focused on repatriation flights as large numbers of the foreign residents in the United Arab Emirates returned to their home countries.
Dubai-based Emirates said on Sunday it was cutting its giant workforce but did not specify the extent of the layoffs.
