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Hawaiian Airlines prepares for layoffs, says it's nowhere near declaring bankruptcy
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Some 2,000 union employees at Hawaiian Airlines have received layoff notices, but the CEO and flight attendants union say it’s not an automatic cut.
Even so, employees are facing the reality that Hawaiian Airlines will become a smaller company to survive this pandemic.
"The fate of the economy in Hawaii is really closely aligned to the fate of Hawaiian Airlines," said Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram.
He told Hawaii News Now the 2,000 layoff notices include 35% of the company’s flight attendants and 25% of its pilots.
Read more: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/07/30/hawaiian-airlines-employees-try-cope-with-layoff-notices/
