Staff at Zimbabwe’s flagship carrier, Air Zimbabwe, are to
lose their jobs following a staff rationalization process put in place by the
Airline in the wake of lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed globally to
stem the spread of COVID-19, thereby grounding flights.
In a staff notice, Air Zimbabwe revealed that the travel
restrictions put in place implied no revenue inflows and that while other
revenue initiatives were being pursued, staff remuneration remained one of the
greatest cost drivers within the airline and that without revenue inflows, it
was a challenge to continue funding salaries.
“Resultantly, our staff compliment will be reduced and a
skeletal team identified by the heads of departments will be put in place to
ensure adhoc operations, airworthiness compliance, safety, security of aircraft
and associated equipment within the Airline,” expressed the airline in the
staff notice.
To this effect, some of the staff members will be placed on
indefinite unpaid leave effective April 23, 2020 until operations normalize
though April 2020 salaries for all staff will still be paid in full.
Air Zimbabwe also said that the decision had been made
after assessing all presented options and that COVID-19, however, has had far
reaching consequences on the economy and way of living.
“Nonetheless, we look forward to resuming our normal
operations with the deployment of our B737 and ERJ 145 once they are available
and travel restrictions have been lifted.”
The carrier added that it was still under construction and
there was need to ensure that the available scarce resources be channeled
towards business continuity. Standard
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