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| CREDIT: LinkedIn In the middle of August, Qantas will be laying off 2,500 employees due to the extension of Sydney's lockdown. It has been stated both Qantas and Jetstar frontline employees will be affected, and would need to rely on government payment once relieved. Any staff let off will be paid fully for their two weeks notice period. The airlines will be able to claim up to $750 a week for roughly half of their aircrew workforce be it none were cut back. Qantas Chief Executive Alan Joyce has stated that this would last roughly two months but no further job losses were expected after the redundancy last year. "Qantas and Jetstar have gone from operating almost 100 per cent of their usual domestic flying in May to less than 40 per cent in July because of lockdowns in three states." "Hopefully, once other states open back up to South Australia and Victoria in the next week or so, and the current outbreak in Brisbane is brought under control, our domestic flying will come back to around 50 to 60 per cent of normal levels." "Based on current case numbers, it's reasonable to assume that Sydney's borders will be closed for at least another two months." |
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