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US carriers American Airlines and United Airlines pulled back furlough orders of nearly 27,000 employees after US Congress passed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus bill on Wednesday, according to ABC News.
The bill, which includes an extension of the Payroll Support Programme (PSP), is expected to be signed by the US President Joe Biden on Friday.
“For our 13,000 colleagues who received worker adjustment and retraining notification notices last month, those are happily cancelled … you can tear them up,” ABC News cited American chief executive Doug Parker as saying in a letter to employees.
Last month, Texas-based American sent furlough notices to 13,000 employees as federal aid was due to expire this month. The Illinois-based United also warned almost 14,000 of its staff in January that they might be furloughed.
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By Tracy Rucinski
(Reuters) - American Airlines is telling about 13,000 employees that they are at risk of furlough when a U.S. aid package for airline workers expires on April 1, the company said on Wednesday.
Fort Worth, Texas-based American furloughed 19,000 workers when a previous round of government payroll support ended on Oct. 1 but recalled them in December after a fresh $15 billion for the industry through March.
The company had hoped that pandemic-hit demand would rebound by then, but slow rollouts of vaccines and the emergence of coronavirus variants are delaying the recovery, fueling a push by aviation unions for another $15 billion in U.S. payroll assistance.
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(Reuters) - American Airlines said on Wednesday that some 13,000 employees are at risk of furlough when a U.S. aid package for airline workers expires on April 1, blaming slow vaccine rollouts and new international travel restrictions for dampening demand.
“We are nearly five weeks into 2021, and unfortunately, we find ourselves in a situation similar to much of 2020,” Chief Executive Doug Parker and President Robert Isom said in a memo to employees which was also included in a regulatory filing.
Fort Worth, Texas-based American furloughed 19,000 workers when a previous round of government payroll support ended on Oct. 1 but recalled them in December after a fresh $15 billion for the industry through March.