Qatar Airways to cut jobs

The Gulf airline continues to fly to destinations worldwide while other regional carriers have stopped nearly all of their flights.
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 aircraft takes off in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau - RC1784E6CD40
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 takes off in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, Oct. 19, 2017. - REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
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Qatar Airways plans to cut jobs due the losses it is experiencing from the downturn in global travel.

A letter leaked Tuesday purportedly from Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker read, “We currently cannot sustain the current staff numbers and will need to make a substantial number of jobs redundant.”

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