By Greg Waldron2021-08-03T02:30:00+01:00 Qantas and its low-cost Jetstar unit will furlough 2,500 employees for two months, owing to a capacity collapse stemming from domestic travel restrictions. The airline stresses that this is a temporary measure owing largely to Covid-19 restrictions in the Greater Sydney region, which has been locked down for weeks, as well as border closures in other states. Most of the furloughed employees, which include pilots, flight attendants and airport workers, are located in Australia’s New South Wales state. “This is clearly the last thing we want to do, but we’re now faced with an extended period of reduced flying and that means no work for a number of our people,” says Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce.