Aviation Job Losses Could Approach a Half-Million by Year’s End
- 350,000 posts cut at airlines, planemakers, airports: study
- Some 95,000 positions on chopping block: researcher Five Aero
Airlines are offloading more than 200,000 workers after months of groundings wiped out earnings, threatening the survival of many players.
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The global aviation industry has racked up more than 350,000 job losses in the past six months, with more pain on the way, according to new research delving into the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the once-buoyant sector.