CATHAY Pacific’s worldwide round of job cuts has been extended to Australia, with key state positions axed in favour of centralised operations in the carrier’s Sydney office.
The airline is understood to have cut the positions of state managers around Australia, while at the same time reducing its team of business development managers nationally to just a few based in Sydney.
Cathay announced in May it was shedding 600 jobs in its Hong Kong headquarters as part of the biggest round of cuts yet mounted by the carrier.
A further 200 were slated to be cut in the future as part of a global program to reduce the airline’s operating costs as it confronts increasing competition from mainland China rivals.
A Cathay Pacific spokesperson refused to confirm the Australian job cuts, but acknowledged reform was underway.
“Following the redesign of our HO organisation, we are establishing an outport structure that modernises our ways of working and thinking, makes us leaner and more agile and more effective in the way we deliver for the customers,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
“An internal memo has been shared with the employees of the Cathay Pacific Group as our regional and country teams start to communicate and, where necessary, consult with their local teams on the restructuring.
“This work will continue over the coming months.”
Source: traveldaily