Malaysia Airlines to lay off 6,500, cede most of domestic network to AirAsia

Malaysia Airlines delivered the news its employees feared ( ATWOnline , March 24), announcing it will abandon all but 19 domestic routes to AirAsia, take 19 aircraft out of service and lay off approximately 6,500 employees, or about 28% of its workforce. AirAsia will take over the remaining 96...

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