As Long-Haul Suffers, Air New Zealand To Reduce Flight Attendants

Air New Zealand flight attendant
Air New Zealand said 900 widebody flight attendants that have already been made redundant or furloughed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Credit: Air New Zealand / Twitter
AUCKLAND—Air New Zealand plans to make further significant cuts to its international flight attendant workforce as it switches more passenger flights to cargo-only. The carrier said it has an excess of 385 flight attendants in its widebody operations, a group for which no work is available in the...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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