Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose their jobs in the aviation sector if states do not provide the additional assistance.
“In the absence of additional government measures to provide assistance and open borders, hundreds of thousands of airline jobs will disappear, ” – said the executive director of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Alexandre de Juniac.
IATA represents 290 airlines and has previously revised its forecasts for 2020 after the end of the summer tourist season. Nowadays the association expects that the volume of the traffic will be 66% lower than in 2019.
However, it is estimated that the air traffic will reach the level that preceded the pandemic, at least until 2024.
By the end of this year, the German airline Lufthansa intends to reduce its foreign staff by 20 thousand people, as well as sell its LSG division, which deals with on-board catering, which employs 7.5 thousand people. Lufthansa subsidiaries Eurowings, Swiss, Austrian and Brussels Airlines are reducing the frequency of flights, fleets and staff amid […]
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Deutsche Lufthansa reported that it suffered a loss of 1.97 billion euros in the third quarter of 2020 against a net profit of 1.15 billion euros a year earlier. The carrier’s revenue fell by 74% to 2.66 billion euros from 10.11 billion euros a year earlier. Adjusted loss before tax and interest payments (EBIT) was […]
European airline Airbus will lay off 15,000 employees worldwide due to the restoration of the quarantine restrictions on the flights. This was stated by the Airbus Chief Operating Officer Michael Schollhorn. Prospects for the aviation industry deteriorated again due to the growing number of the coronavirus infections, he said. According to Schollhorn, the situation in […]
German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG on Monday took the third package of measures restructuring of business because of poor dynamic aviation market recovery, according to a press release. “Forecasts for international flights have deteriorated significantly in recent weeks. With the end of the summer holiday season, the number of passengers and bookings is declining again […]
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The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law providing for the possibility of establishing state enterprises Ukrainian aircraft industry joint ventures (JVs) with foreign partners. Law №4809 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding the establishment of conditions for international cooperation entities of aircraft and the development of domestic aircraft” supported 241 MP of the […]
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Bad news for oil industry workers and suppliers: Royal Dutch Shell has joined the ranks of energy companies who are slashing their spending. Shell said it was scaling back its planned capital investment by $15 billion over the next three years. Oil is now trading around $45 per barrel, down from over $100 per barrel […]
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To get the next tranche of credit from its main creditor – the IMF, Ukraine should solve the issue of adopting a law which provides the demonopolization of the alcohol industry. This information was published by the head of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi on his Facebook profile. The adoption of […]
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Microsoft Corp. is in talks to buy Nuance Communications Inc., a developer of a speech and text recognition solution, for about $ 16 billion, several U.S. media outlets reported, citing informed sources. According to them, negotiations are at an advanced stage, and the announcement of the agreement may be made in the coming days. Microsoft […]
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Ukrainian farmers may lose up to 118 billion hryvnias this year due to drought and frost. This was reported by the press service of the Agrarian Union of Ukraine. “This year, even the critically affected regions (Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhia regions), despite the promises of the state, did not receive a single penny of assistance,” […]
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The largest manufacturer of equipment for laboratory research Thermo Fisher, conclude a purchase deal to buy the Affymetrix company, which develops integrated solutions for genetic researches, for $ 1.3 billion cash. Following the announcement of the transaction, shares of the Affymetrix company sharply increased in price by 50%. Currently, Thermo Fisher estimates Affymetrix estimates at […]
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December 7, 2015 in Kiev in Radisson Blu Hotel passed a regular consultation meeting Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). OSAC is an advisory body on security of US citizens and businesses abroad. It operates under the auspices of the US State Department. OSAC activities abroad aimed at cooperation in the security business. The composition of […]
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