Australia's Qantas to axe 5,000 jobs
2,005 views · Published 27 February 2014 · 2:10 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics
Qantas has announced plans to make five thousand workers redundant to cut costs. The Australian airline also reported a half year-loss of 211 million dollars. Qantas says it needs to find cost savings of almost 2 BILLION dollars over the next three years to remain viable. Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.
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