Etihad Airways extends pay cuts until end of 2020

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways has extended the period of reduced pay for their staff until the end of the year, a spokeswoman for the carrier was quoted as saying in a Reuters report.
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Employees will have their salary reduced by 10 percent from September until the end of December, she said, compared to an earlier cut of between 25 percent and 50 percent which ended last month.

The airline had resumed paying allowances, Reuters quoted the spokeswoman as saying.

Etihad had earlier stopped paying transport and other job-related allowances, Reuters added.

Etihad and rival Emirates have laid off staff and asked employees to take months of voluntary unpaid leave.

Emirates has cut wages until the end of September, according to Reuters.