Budget carrier Ryanair will cut fewer jobs than previously announced after staff agreed to pay cuts.
The airline said it has been able to reduce the 3,000 number originally announced ‘significantly’.
The revised estimate comes after 97% of pilots and 90% of crew agreed to pay cuts and changes in working practices.
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Neal McMahon, director of operations, said: “We haven’t finalised the number yet, we originally said there was going to be 3,000 redundancies but we have been able to reduce that significantly.
“Broadly speaking they (pilots and cabin crew) recognise the grim situation we are in and they have been pragmatic.”
The final number of job losses will be determined by the ongoing disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact in bookings this winter.
Darrell Hughes, a director of the airline, said: “Airlines have for a long time relied on business traffic, visiting friends and relatives and maybe an older non-family market for travel in September, October, November.
“It’s a big question as to what that level of demand is going to be, but it’s not looking good at present.”
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