KLM warns of 1,000 job losses in 2021
The Dutch airline also says government plans to require all passengers and crew to pass a Covid-19 test before flying to the country will be detrimental
21 January 2021 - 18:20
Amsterdam — KLM said it would cut an additional 1,000 jobs in 2021 and warned on Thursday that government plans to require all passengers and crew to pass a Covid-19 test before flying to the Netherlands would ground its long-haul flights.
KLM, which already cut 5,000 jobs in 2020, joined other airlines operating in the Netherlands to criticise a proposed requirement for all inbound passengers to show a negative result from a “fast” Covid-19 test taken within four hours of boarding a plane...
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