No announcement on massive job cuts, yet, says Emirates

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Recent headlines that Emirates is to cut some 30,000 jobs appear to have jumped the gun, according to Gulf News. Yesterday Emirates said it had made no such decision, despite the Bloomberg report. The airline is, of course, “carefully considering and reviewing its future”, but a spokesperson said: “No announcement has been made regarding mass redundancies at the airline. Any such decision will be communicated in an appropriate fashion.”

The carrier is also looking at the early retirement of its A380 fleet, of which it is the world’s largest operator.