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More jobs at risk in aviation sector, warns IATA

Kisumu International Airport (PHOTO: FILE)

MOMBASA, KENYA: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) issued a joint statement calling for urgent government intervention to prevent an unemployment catastrophe in the aviation industry.

Estimates from the Air Transport Action Group suggest some 4.8 million aviation workers’ jobs are at risk as a result of air travel demand falling more than 75 per cent (August 2020 compared to August 2019).

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