Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
According to foreign media reports, Virgin Atlantic is cutting its daily capacity by 80 per cent due to the ongoing epidemic. Starting from 26 March 2020, the airline will begin to prioritize routes according to customer needs and will change its operation mode.
Most importantly, Virgin Atlantic will permanently suspend flights between London Heathrow (LHR) and Newark (EWR) from now on. It is unclear what other routes Virgin Atlantic will suspend from 26 March.
In addition, the airline will stop 75 per cent of the aircraft operations in the fleet from 26 March 2020 and 85 per cent of the aircraft operations in April 2020.
According to Planespotters.net, Virgin Atlantic has 41 aircraft in its fleet, including the A330, A350, B747, and 787. At the height of the grounding, it will ground up to 35 aircraft.
Virgin Atlantic calls on employees to enjoy eight weeks of unpaid leave in the next three months to help the airline deal with the covid epidemic and reduce costs significantly without layoffs.
Earlier, Virgin Atlantic sent a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an attempt to seek a package of economic aid from the British government, total 7.5 billion pounds and requested the British government to extend the grounding time of major airlines, so as not to lose their rights to fly in and out of the airports.
At present, Virgin Atlantic has decided to reduce the salary of its CEO Shai Weiss for the period from April to July, and salaries of its executive team will be reduced by 15 per cent. Its proposal to increase the annual salary increase of all employees will be postponed from March to August.
/ KUCINTA SETIA
According to foreign media reports, Virgin Atlantic is cutting its daily capacity by 80 per cent due to the ongoing epidemic. Starting from 26 March 2020, the airline will begin to prioritize routes according to customer needs and will change its operation mode.
Most importantly, Virgin Atlantic will permanently suspend flights between London Heathrow (LHR) and Newark (EWR) from now on. It is unclear what other routes Virgin Atlantic will suspend from 26 March.
In addition, the airline will stop 75 per cent of the aircraft operations in the fleet from 26 March 2020 and 85 per cent of the aircraft operations in April 2020.
According to Planespotters.net, Virgin Atlantic has 41 aircraft in its fleet, including the A330, A350, B747, and 787. At the height of the grounding, it will ground up to 35 aircraft.
Virgin Atlantic calls on employees to enjoy eight weeks of unpaid leave in the next three months to help the airline deal with the covid epidemic and reduce costs significantly without layoffs.
Earlier, Virgin Atlantic sent a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an attempt to seek a package of economic aid from the British government, total 7.5 billion pounds and requested the British government to extend the grounding time of major airlines, so as not to lose their rights to fly in and out of the airports.
At present, Virgin Atlantic has decided to reduce the salary of its CEO Shai Weiss for the period from April to July, and salaries of its executive team will be reduced by 15 per cent. Its proposal to increase the annual salary increase of all employees will be postponed from March to August.
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