Coronavirus: Airport Ground-Handlers Seek Furloughing Clarity

Three of the companies which dominate ground-handling services at Britain's airports have warned that changes to the government's emergency wage subsidy scheme risk becoming "another breaking point for our industry".

Sky News understands that Dnata, Swissport and WFS are urging the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to bring forward amendments that will enable them to furlough and utilise their workers on a part-time basis from the beginning of June, rather than two months later as he signalled this week.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-airport-ground-handlers-seek-furloughing-clarity-11988889

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