“The leadership of the impacted unions have been contacted to negotiate a redundancy package for the affected staff.”
The management of Arik Air has announced the sacking of 300 of its workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The airline’s spokesman, Adebanji Ola made the disclosure via a statement on Friday.
The statement partly read; “Arising from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the constrained ability of the airline to complete heavy maintenance activities and return its planes to operations, stunted revenues against increasing operational costs, the management of Arik Air (In Receivership) has declared 300 staff members redundant to its current level of operations.”
“The leadership of the impacted unions have been contacted to negotiate a redundancy package for the affected staff.”
The statement further pointed out that over “50 per cent of Arik Air’s workforce of over 1,600 staff” has been on an unpaid leave of absence in the past six months on a base allowance.
While noting that decisions to let go of staff are naturally a difficult one, the airline wished the affected members of staff well in their future endeavours.
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