JAKARTA, July 6 — Indonesia’s Lion Air Group is slashing 2,600 jobs as the coronavirus pandemic hammers Sout-east Asia’s biggest carrier, a company spokesman said today. The layoffs — about nine per cent of the airline’s 29,000 employees — would mainly affect contract workers, it said....
A Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet on the tarmac of Soekarno Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia March 15, 2019. — Reuters pic
JAKARTA, July 6 — Indonesia’s Lion Air Group is slashing 2,600 jobs as the coronavirus pandemic hammers Sout-east Asia’s biggest carrier, a company spokesman said today. The layoffs — about nine per cent of the airline’s 29,000 employees — would mainly affect contract workers, it said.“Lion Air Group is in a difficult and challenging period due to the effects of...Covid-19,” said Lion Air spokesman Danang Mandala Prihantoro.
“The tough decision is taken as a strategy to maintain business continuity, streamline the company’s operations, to reduce expenses and restructure the organisation.”Lion, which operates several brands including Wings Air and Batik Air, is operating at between 10 and 15 per cent of its 1,400 to 1,600 daily flights before the pandemic, according to company data.It later relaxed those restrictions, but Indonesia’s carriers have been hit as the outbreak hammers the global aviation industry.
Indonesia’s flight sector is on track for a 49 per cent passenger plunge and US$8.2 billion drop-off in revenue this year compared with 2019, the International Air Transport Association has estimated. — AFP
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