Rwanda’s national carrier, Rwandair, has announced it will cut the net salaries of its employees by between 8% to 65% as it seeks to deal with the effects of coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a memo to its staff, Rwandair said the decision was made to \u201cavoid laying-off staff\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has also extended the suspension of contracts for pilots and non-essential staff until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis was an extremely tough decision, however, the choice we made is the best option at this time,\u201d the memo stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An air hostess, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the BBC Great Lakes that the pay cuts was not a surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is very sad, we are always expecting the worst this time around. This is the hardest time I am going through in my four years with Rwandair,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The carrier that flies to 26 international destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe stopped flights on 19 March after Rwanda announced restrictive measures to halt the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country reported eight new cases of coronavirus on Sunday taking the total tally to 191 with 92 recoveries and no fatalities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rwanda’s national carrier, Rwandair, has announced it will cut the net salaries of its employees by between 8% to 65% as it seeks to deal with the effects of coronavirus pandemic. In a memo to its staff, Rwandair said the decision was made to \u201cavoid laying-off staff\u201d. It has also extended the suspension of contracts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":14965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n