The Globalian Tourist Group, owner of Air Europa Airline, Be Live Hotels or Hawk Travel, has announced the implementation of a temporary employment regulation file (ERTE) that would affect 9,000 employees, 60% of the staff. Halcón Travel workers are excluded, which merged with Avoris at the end of last year. The tourist group alleges economic causes before the uncertainty over the autumn-winter season, in which low activity is expected.
This file, according to group sources, will be activated if the government and social agents do not agree on an extension of the ERTE of force majeure. A few days ago Iberia announced that he also chooses this option before the forecast that the demand is low in this fall, since business tourism has not yet been recovered.
This group, which already crossed a delicate situation before the pandemic, has been one of the most affected by the pandemic and, in fact, two of its companies, Air Europe and Halcón Travel, have received two rescues by SEPI A Account of the rescue fund for strategic companies in trouble, which created the government to help the solvent companies but whose business had been affected by the pandemic.
The Government granted 475 million A Air Europe in October 2020 and another 320 million to Halcón Travel in March 2021. Air Europe, in addition, it is pending Brussels authorizing its purchase by Iberia. This was announced before the pandemic but was suspended. Later, Iberia conditioned the operation that the government rescued the airline and a downgrade in the price of origin, which finally stayed at 500 million, compared to the 1,000 initials.
The Government's proposal to social agents means extending the ERTE until January 31 and linking exemptions to training actions of affected workers, something that has not convinced autonomous. In addition, this proposal also unifies exonerations and maintains 100% for impediment eRTE, 50% for companies of less than 50 workers in limitation eRTE and 40% larger companies.
Iberia also announced an ERTE for productive causes before the possibility of the government does not agree on an extension of them for the air sector. The airline ensures that it is 30% of the capacity with respect to before the pandemic, although domestic and European traffic, long radio flights, transoceanic, are still very touched by restrictions derived from This crisis.
Date Of Update: 23 September 2021, 03:28
