Liverpool John Lennon Airport has confirmed it is pursuing 鈥渃ost reduction opportunities鈥 that will include working weeks reduced, salaries cut and redundancies.
CEO John Irving released a statement last night detailing how the coronavirus outbreak is hitting the aviation industry and the airport in particular - describing it as an 鈥渦nprecedented collapse in business鈥.
It comes after employees at the airport working for baggage handling firm Swissport said they feared losing their jobs before the end of the week, with the business launching a wide-ranging consultation.
Mr Irving said JLA continues to remain open for business but with 鈥渟ubstantial reductions in flights and passenger numbers for the coming weeks ahead鈥.
The airport is having to introduce measures to ensure the sustainability of the business during these 鈥渆xtreme circumstances鈥.
A statement said: 鈥淎ll cost reduction opportunities are being pursued and this will unfortunately necessitate salary reductions for airport company employees including the airport鈥檚 executive team, reduced working weeks, temporary lay-offs and a number of redundancies. All capital expenditure has been deferred too.
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鈥淟iverpool JLA plays a significant role in the local and regional economy and whilst this situation is not unique to our business, it is important that we put measures in place that will ensure the sustainability of the business in the short term in order to protect our long term future and be best placed to recover from this crisis in due course with the return of airline operations.鈥
John Irving, CEO at JLA, said: 鈥淭he threat to the whole 海角视频 aviation industry should not be underestimated and we await details of the Government鈥檚 potential support package for airlines and airports announced by the Chancellor [on Tuesday], which will be needed to help our industry survive this unprecedented collapse in business.鈥
