Malta Air – a subsidiary of the Ryanair Group – has said in a statement that the GWU has “failed to the deliver the Cabin Crew Emergency Agreement which was agreed by GWU and Malta Air last Thursday.”

This Emergency Agreement included, what it described as “modest pay cuts” (to be restored over four years) along with a minimum pay guarantee and a year 3 review.

A Malta Air spokesperson said, “sadly, without this Emergency Agreement, which was already agreed by Malta Air pilots, cabin crew job losses can no longer be avoided. As a direct result of the GWU’s failure to deliver upon its agreement with Malta Air, there will be 40 cabin crew redundancies implemented and these job losses will take effect on the 1st of January.”

Malta Air is operating at just 10% of its capacity due to the Covid-19 crisis but is still employing 100% of its pre-Covid Cabin Crew headcount, the spokesperson said.

The statement continued that, “this is an untenable situation in an industry which has been devastated by Covid-19 and will take many years to recover.”

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