Icelandair Laying Off 88 Employees By Iona Rangeley-Wilson 30. september 2020 14:00 The measures have been taken in response to low demand for flights during the pandemic. Adobe Stock Icelandair is laying off 88 employees from tomorrow, the 1st of October, a report from RÚV revealed this morning. 68 of these 88 are pilots. Several dozen further employees who were on temporary employment contracts will also not be having their contracts renewed at the end of the month. This was stated in an announcement from Icelandair, and the measures have been taken in response to low demand for flights during the pandemic. This comes following the cancellation of multiple Icelandair flights in recent weeks, previously reported on by the Grapevine here. Many of the flights have been cancelled at short notice with demand rapidly fluctuating given changing travel restrictions due to coronavirus in Iceland. Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, told RÚV in an interview at the beginning of the month that the company simply couldn’t afford to fly half-empty planes. Between the 1st and 7th of September, only 37 of the scheduled 135 flights to and from Keflavík airport went ahead: this is a 73% cancellation rate. Though other airlines such as EasyJet and Wizz Air have had considerably fewer cancellations, Bogi emphasised that he “[could] not answer for other airlines” and that flying flights at a lost “just does not work out in the long run.” However, Vísir emphasised that following Icelandair’s recent successful share offering, the company is well placed to deal with the continued uncertainty. It is hoped that as soon as the situation improves for the aviation industry it may be possible to bring some of the employees who have been laid off back. The post Icelandair Laying Off 88 Employees appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door. Mest lesið Stóra tjaldið fellt og hætt við brennuna vegna óveðurs Innlent „Það var töluvert verra veður en spáin sagði“ Innlent „Fordæmalaus hitabylgja“ leikur Skandínava grátt Erlent Klíndu límmiðum á Ormsson sem versla ekki einu sinni við Rapyd Innlent „Manneskja sem er komin á þetta plan hlýtur að vera rökþrota“ Innlent Læti í miðbænum og í veðrinu Innlent Þjóðhátíðargestum hleypt inn í Herjólfshöll meðan veðrið gengur yfir Innlent Hávaðarok á Snæfellsnesi og Faxaflóa Innlent Breyti engu á jörðu niðri að viðurkenna sjálfstæði Palestínu Erlent Fjölskyldufaðir stunginn meðan sonurinn horfði á Innlent
Icelandair is laying off 88 employees from tomorrow, the 1st of October, a report from RÚV revealed this morning. 68 of these 88 are pilots. Several dozen further employees who were on temporary employment contracts will also not be having their contracts renewed at the end of the month. This was stated in an announcement from Icelandair, and the measures have been taken in response to low demand for flights during the pandemic. This comes following the cancellation of multiple Icelandair flights in recent weeks, previously reported on by the Grapevine here. Many of the flights have been cancelled at short notice with demand rapidly fluctuating given changing travel restrictions due to coronavirus in Iceland. Bogi Nils Bogason, CEO of Icelandair, told RÚV in an interview at the beginning of the month that the company simply couldn’t afford to fly half-empty planes. Between the 1st and 7th of September, only 37 of the scheduled 135 flights to and from Keflavík airport went ahead: this is a 73% cancellation rate. Though other airlines such as EasyJet and Wizz Air have had considerably fewer cancellations, Bogi emphasised that he “[could] not answer for other airlines” and that flying flights at a lost “just does not work out in the long run.” However, Vísir emphasised that following Icelandair’s recent successful share offering, the company is well placed to deal with the continued uncertainty. It is hoped that as soon as the situation improves for the aviation industry it may be possible to bring some of the employees who have been laid off back. The post Icelandair Laying Off 88 Employees appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Mest lesið Stóra tjaldið fellt og hætt við brennuna vegna óveðurs Innlent „Það var töluvert verra veður en spáin sagði“ Innlent „Fordæmalaus hitabylgja“ leikur Skandínava grátt Erlent Klíndu límmiðum á Ormsson sem versla ekki einu sinni við Rapyd Innlent „Manneskja sem er komin á þetta plan hlýtur að vera rökþrota“ Innlent Læti í miðbænum og í veðrinu Innlent Þjóðhátíðargestum hleypt inn í Herjólfshöll meðan veðrið gengur yfir Innlent Hávaðarok á Snæfellsnesi og Faxaflóa Innlent Breyti engu á jörðu niðri að viðurkenna sjálfstæði Palestínu Erlent Fjölskyldufaðir stunginn meðan sonurinn horfði á Innlent