China News Service, May 28. According to the British Sky News website on the 28th, British Express Airlines said that in order to adapt to the shrinking aviation market due to the new crown epidemic, the company plans to lay off about 4,500 people to control operating costs.
According to reports, EasyJet has about 15,000 employees. This plan means that the company will lay off 30% of its employees.
Lundgren, CEO of EasyJet said, "This is a very difficult period and we have to take into account very difficult decisions. This will affect our employees, but we hope that in the long term, as much as possible Keep your job. "
According to reports, because of the new crown epidemic, EasyJet has grounded all its fleet in March and initially planned to resume operations on June 15. However, the company believes that due to the epidemic, shipping demand is difficult to return to normal levels in a short period of time.
Therefore, in order to control operating costs, EasyJet plans to reduce the fleet size and reduce non-critical expenses. Lundgren said, "We expect the entire business unit to cut up to 30% of its employees." "We will start an employee consultation process in the next few days."