Heathrow boss warns of 25,000 job losses as quarantine system introduced
The UK’s new travel quarantine will put 25,000 people out of work at Heathrow Airport, according to its CE. John Holland-Kaye said he was considering job cuts as a result of the scheme requiring passengers to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival from Monday. “76,000 people are employed at Heathrow,” the Heathrow boss said. “That represents one-in-four households in the local community, so if we start cutting jobs on mass that has a devastating impact on local communities, including the Prime Minister’s own constituency, which is only a few miles from the airport. What we’ve heard already from the airlines is that they are cutting around a third of all employees, so that would be 25,000 people out of work." Asked if he would also have to consider the future of a third of his workforce, Holland-Kaye replied: “That’s exactly the right kind of number. And I don’t want to see that happen. But we’ll have to make that decision, within the next couple of weeks.” Holland-Kaye said airport passenger numbers for most of April, May and June were between 5,000 to 7,000 each day – compared to average of nearly 220,000 each day at Heathrow in 2018.<br/>
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Heathrow boss warns of 25,000 job losses as quarantine system introduced
The UK’s new travel quarantine will put 25,000 people out of work at Heathrow Airport, according to its CE. John Holland-Kaye said he was considering job cuts as a result of the scheme requiring passengers to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival from Monday. “76,000 people are employed at Heathrow,” the Heathrow boss said. “That represents one-in-four households in the local community, so if we start cutting jobs on mass that has a devastating impact on local communities, including the Prime Minister’s own constituency, which is only a few miles from the airport. What we’ve heard already from the airlines is that they are cutting around a third of all employees, so that would be 25,000 people out of work." Asked if he would also have to consider the future of a third of his workforce, Holland-Kaye replied: “That’s exactly the right kind of number. And I don’t want to see that happen. But we’ll have to make that decision, within the next couple of weeks.” Holland-Kaye said airport passenger numbers for most of April, May and June were between 5,000 to 7,000 each day – compared to average of nearly 220,000 each day at Heathrow in 2018.<br/>
