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British Airways could suspend 36,000 employees - BBC

LONDON, April 2:  IAG-owned British Airways (ICAG.L) is expected to announce a suspension of about 36,000 of its employees, BBC News reported on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: A man walks on the road next to parked British Airways planes at Heathrow airport as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
By Reuters

LONDON, April 2:  IAG-owned British Airways (ICAG.L) is expected to announce a suspension of about 36,000 of its employees, BBC News reported on Wednesday.


The airline has reached a broad deal with the Unite union that will include suspension of jobs of 80% of BA's cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and those working at head office, the news agency reported bbc.in/3498I5J, adding that no staff was expected to be made redundant.


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Talks with the union are still ongoing, British Airways said in a brief statement to Reuters.


British Airways had said on Tuesday it was temporarily suspending flights from Gatwick Airport, Britain’s second-busiest airport, as the aviation sector reels under the coronavirus crisis.

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