Updated 7pm, adds PN statement
A total of 40 cabin crew will be made redundant at Malta Air from January 1, with the airline blaming the General Workers Union for the dismissals.
A spokesman for Malta Air, a subsidiary of the Ryanair Group, said the union had failed to deliver a cabin crew emergency agreement agreed by the GWU and Malta Air last Thursday.
The redundancies amount to a fifth of its staff contingent of 179 cabin crew and pilots.
This emergency agreement included modest pay cuts to be restored over four years, along with a minimum pay guarantee and a year three review.