United Airlines President Scott Kirby said travel demand is essentially 'zero.'
Eight of its executives will leave Oct. 1 and five openings will not be filled.
The moves are part of United’s plan to cut management and support staff by at least 30% in October, the earliest it can do so undersince the coronavirus crisis began hitting U.S. airlines in late February, noting each time that he was laying out a worst-case scenario.Kirby said travel demand is essentially"zero,'' and the airline is bracing for that to be the case for the rest of the year and into 2021. United has 93,000 employees.
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