Malaysia Airlines filed for bankruptcy, laid off employees and … – LaRepública.pe

The new administration seeks to change the image of the airline to leave behind the stigma of tragedies.

The carrier Malaysia Airlines is “technically bankrupt” and dismissed 20 000 workers, as part of its restructuring driven by its new president.

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“Technically, we are bankrupt and the deterioration of the results began long before the tragic events of 2014, “he said Christoph Mueller, new director of Malaysia Airlines.

The company sent a letter Monday to dismiss 20 thousand employees , of which 14 thousand will offer a new job in Berhad Malaysia Airlines (MAS Bhd), the new company created to replace the airline.

The other 6000 unemployed remain unemployed and receive their settlement. one month’s salary for each year worked for those who take less than ten and a half months for those with more than a decade

Malaysia Airlines expects Christoph Mueller, 52, “reinvent” the company from 1 September with a new brand image that allows you to leave behind the stigma of disaster who lived in 2014.

As recalled, in March last year the flight MH370 disappeared while traveling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Months later otrio plane was shot down by a missile in Ukraine.