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Balpa: UK aviation sector risks falling into 'death spiral'

Government
James Chapple
5 May 2020

Pilots union Balpa has said the UK’s aviation sector faces falling into a "death spiral" of retrenchment and job cuts.

Pilots have highlighted the lack of support on key issues during and after the pandemic

The union has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak demanding a moratorium on tens of thousands of proposed job losses in aviation.


It has also urged the government to redouble its efforts to map out an exit from the coronavirus crisis "that meets the needs of the UK economy".


Prime minister Boris Johnson last week said the government would this week reveal the next steps in its coronavirus "roadmap" and how it would jump start various parts of the economy, including the travel and tourism sector.