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Three of the 20 cabin crew members laid off in spring 2020 have been re-hired on permanent contracts. A further ten are employed on a freelance basis. Archive photo: Bjarni Árting Rubeksen
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Laid-off airline staff returning to work
Laid-off airline staff returning to work
Pilots and cabin crew are returning to Atlantic Airways following mass redundancies during pandemic
08.09.2022 - 10:42
Atlantic Airways had to let about 100 staff members go in spring 2020 due to the slump in air travel demand caused by the pandemic.
About 65 of these were on permanent contracts – 19 pilots, 20 cabin crew members, eight technical staff, eight service staff and ten other land-based staff members.
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Since the mass redundancies in May 2020, the airline has re-hired ten pilots on permanent contracts – two in October 2020, four in November 2021, one in January 2022 and three in August 2022.
A further four pilots are expected to sign permanent contracts later this winter. All the re-hired pilots are among those who were made redundant in 2020.
Some pilots have been employed on fixed-term contracts this summer, and some are working on a freelance basis until 1 November 2022.
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