Kuwait Airways retires 1,350 staff
Kuwait Airways retired 1,350 Kuwaiti nationals during the last 2 years, part of a plan to cut costs and return to profit by 2019. The airline has struggled to recover from Iraq's 1990-91 invasion of Kuwait. Complex bureaucratic procedures have further side-lined it from the boom in Gulf aviation over the last 2 decades. Staff cuts of nationals are extremely rare in Kuwait, which redistributes significant oil wealth to citizens through high-paying jobs with state entities and social welfare. The number of people employed by the airline, however, is one of the main drawbacks to its turnaround plan, industry experts say. While 1,600 employees were originally made redundant, the airline called back 250 retired pilots, crew and engineers, due to shortages created by the aviation boom in the region. It currently employs 5,800 people. <br/>
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Kuwait Airways retires 1,350 staff
Kuwait Airways retired 1,350 Kuwaiti nationals during the last 2 years, part of a plan to cut costs and return to profit by 2019. The airline has struggled to recover from Iraq's 1990-91 invasion of Kuwait. Complex bureaucratic procedures have further side-lined it from the boom in Gulf aviation over the last 2 decades. Staff cuts of nationals are extremely rare in Kuwait, which redistributes significant oil wealth to citizens through high-paying jobs with state entities and social welfare. The number of people employed by the airline, however, is one of the main drawbacks to its turnaround plan, industry experts say. While 1,600 employees were originally made redundant, the airline called back 250 retired pilots, crew and engineers, due to shortages created by the aviation boom in the region. It currently employs 5,800 people. <br/>
