United Airlines to close cabin crew bases in Hong Kong
4 years, 7 months ago

United Airlines to close cabin crew bases in Hong Kong

India TV News  

United Airlines will close its cabin crew bases in Hong Kong, as well as Tokyo and Frankfurt, eliminating a total of 840 jobs, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on international air travel, the Chicago-headquartered carrier announced. In a statement on Friday, the airline told its employees of the "difficult decision", with the Hong Kong base hit hardest with 319 jobs lost, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. Meanwhile, Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific had closed all of its North American flight attendant bases in five cities over the past 14 months with the loss of 566 employees, more recently announcing the closure of its US bases in April, reports the South China Morning Post. The International Air Transport Association said that airlines faced losing $314 billion in ticket sales this year, which accounts for 55 per cent of all passenger revenue generated last year.

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United Airlines is still hiring, but it’s not adding workers as fast as it did the last 2 years
7 months ago

United Airlines is still hiring, but it’s not adding workers as fast as it did the last 2 years

Associated Press  

United Airlines officials say they expect to hire nearly 10,000 workers this year as U.S. air travel continues to grow, but the pace of hiring will be slower than in the previous two years partly because of delays in getting new planes from Boeing. The airline will resume hiring pilots in July after it canceled pilot classes for May and …

United Airlines says the outage that held up departing flights was not a cybersecurity issue
1 year, 4 months ago

United Airlines says the outage that held up departing flights was not a cybersecurity issue

Associated Press  

United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation’s biggest carriers on a busy travel day. The Federal Aviation Administration, which runs the nation’s airspace, said United asked it to stop the airline’s departures nationwide. However, more than 350 United flights were delayed — 13% …

Travelers endure another day of airport agony. One airline has by far the most cancellations
1 year, 6 months ago

Travelers endure another day of airport agony. One airline has by far the most cancellations

Associated Press  

DALLAS — Air travelers endured another wave of flight disruptions Thursday despite better weather along much of the East Coast, while United Airlines continued to account for the majority of canceled flights nationwide. United CEO Scott Kirby has blamed the airline’s struggles in Newark on a shortage of air traffic controllers in the New York City area. “While Scott Kirby …

Airlines cancel flights due to COVID staffing shortages
3 years ago

Airlines cancel flights due to COVID staffing shortages

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Airlines canceled hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules and drew down staffing levels at some carriers during the busy holiday travel season. American Airlines said it had “nothing to report,” while Southwest Airlines said “things are running smoothly.” JetBlue, which FlightAware said had canceled nearly 150 flights over Friday and Saturday, did not respond …

Cathay Pacific cuts 8,500 jobs, shutters regional airline
4 years, 2 months ago

Cathay Pacific cuts 8,500 jobs, shutters regional airline

The Hindu  

Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways said Wednesday it would cut 8,500 jobs and shut a regional airline as it grapples with the plunge in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic. The restructuring is aimed at reducing Cathay Pacific’s cash burn to 500 million Hong Kong dollars a month, from about 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to 2 billion …

The airline industry could shrink by half to survive, United Airlines chairman says
4 years, 4 months ago

The airline industry could shrink by half to survive, United Airlines chairman says

CNN  

New York CNN Business — The US airline industry needs to shrink its labor costs by as much as 50% to survive – and even then it’s possible some carriers don’t make it through the crisis, United Airlines Executive Chairman Oscar Munoz told CNN Business. I suspect you may see more the longer this thing goes on.” Oscar Munoz, executive …

Jobs are being wiped out at airlines, and there’s worse to come
4 years, 5 months ago

Jobs are being wiped out at airlines, and there’s worse to come

Hindustan Times  

About 400,000 airline workers have been fired, furloughed or told they may lose their jobs due to the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg calculations. British Airways, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Emirates Airline and Qantas Airways Ltd. are among the carriers announcing thousands of dismissals and unpaid leave programs. Delta Air Lines Inc., United Airlines Holdings Inc. and American Airlines Group Inc. have …

American Airlines warns 25,000 workers they could lose jobs
4 years, 5 months ago

American Airlines warns 25,000 workers they could lose jobs

Associated Press  

DALLAS — American Airlines is notifying about 25,000 workers that their jobs could be eliminated in October because of plunging demand for air travel, adding to the toll that the virus pandemic is taking on the airline industry. American’s top executives said Wednesday that the number of furloughs could be lower if enough workers take buyouts or accept partially paid …

United Airlines warns 36,000 workers they could be laid off
4 years, 5 months ago

United Airlines warns 36,000 workers they could be laid off

Associated Press  

United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees — nearly half its U.S. staff — they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the virus pandemic is hurting the airline industry. If every U.S. airline matched United’s worst-case scenario of furloughs, it could be extrapolated to about 240,000 lost jobs nationwide, given United’s share of the domestic …

Delta and United Airlines caught up in rising US-China tensions
4 years, 7 months ago

Delta and United Airlines caught up in rising US-China tensions

CNN  

Hong Kong/Beijing/Washington CNN Business — Rising tensions between the United States and China are spilling over into the airline industry. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines want to restart US-China routes in early June and have submitted applications to the Civil Aviation Administration of China to do so, according to the US Department of Transportation. The Chinese aviation regulator told …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Cathay Pacific to close US cabin crew bases, lay off 286 staff as global travel comes to halt
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Cathay Pacific to close US cabin crew bases, lay off 286 staff as global travel comes to halt

Firstpost  

Cathay Pacific has grounded most of its planes because of the fall in demand, flying only a skeleton network to major destinations Sydney: Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will close its three cabin crew bases in the United States, the airline said on Friday, laying off 286 staff as the coronavirus pandemic has virtually halted global travel. The carrier …

US airlines suspend Hong Kong flights over virus concerns
4 years, 11 months ago

US airlines suspend Hong Kong flights over virus concerns

Al Jazeera  

Global aviation firms are struggling with effects of coronavirus, as air cargo demand also weakened. American Airlines Group and United Airlines said they are suspending all flights to and from Hong Kong, which reported its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, the second outside mainland China. An American Airlines spokeswoman said the airline’s suspension of its Hong Kong flights to and …

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