Emirates is running low on cabin crew, say insiders

Emirates is facing a cabin crew shortage and is struggling to fully staff some flights after a spate of resignations and other workforce constraints, according to several employees. Seven Emirates employees said the airline was operating flights with fewer cabin crew than usual and increasingly reassigning flight attendants to other routes at the last minute to enable them to operate. Emirates' fleet of Airbus A380 and Boeing 777-300 jets requires more cabin crew per flight than smaller aircraft and to meet the requirements of long-haul routes. The airline denied it had a cabin crew shortage and said it had slowed down recruitment across the company last year, including for crew, but had recently started actively recruiting crew again. The cabin crew staffing issue follows on from a pilot shortage at Emirates. <br/>