Hong Kong Airlines to cut 250 flight attendants

Hong Kong Airlines will cut 250 flight attendants in the latest round of coronavirus-related redundancies to hit the carrier and the local aviation sector.

As a member of the cash-strapped Chinese aviation conglomerate HNA Group, the city’s third largest carrier had already axed jobs at the start of the Covid-19 crisis, far earlier than other airlines, and made steep pay cuts to keep salary costs in check.

Chris Birt, the airline’s director of service delivery, told staff in a memo on Friday that the company’s extended grounding of most planes and passenger flights had forced a rethink of its future staffing needs.

“These ongoing adjustments have not only drastically affected our revenue but also reduce our…