This archive report was first published on 14 July 2020.
Published on July 14, 2020, Emirates airline has announced plans to lay off up to 9,000 employees due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The airline's president, Tim Clark, has stated that it could take up to four years for operations to return to 'some degree of normality', making the layoffs necessary.
Before the crisis hit, Emirates employed around 60,000 staff, including 4,300 pilots and nearly 22,000 cabin crew, according to its annual report.
Clark revealed in an interview with the BBC that the airline has already cut a tenth of its staff and that Emirates 'will probably have to let go of a few more, probably up to 15%'.
Emirates is the first world's biggest long-haul carrier to disclose how many jobs will be lost.
Locally, the Kenya Airways management is facing a decision-making crisis as a split in its board on the decision to send home 182 pilots and more than 400 cabin crew, a move that has been stopped by the High Court.
