BA in survival mode as job losses loom on coronavirus pandemic
British Airways is already in talks with unions, with its CEO telling staff ‘do not underestimate the seriousness of this for our company’
13 March 2020 - 17:22
London — British Airways (BA) warned on Friday that its survival was at stake as its CEO told staff of plans to cut jobs and ground aircraft to tackle the “worsening situation” caused by the coronavirus.
CEO Alex Cruz told BA’s staff in a message titled “the survival of British Airways” that coronavirus is causing a crisis “of global proportions like no other we have known,” more serious than the financial crisis, SARS or 9/11...
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