Pilots and cabin crew employed in the UK by the struggling airline Norwegian Air Shuttle have been told they will not receive their April salary because the airline does not have the money to pay them.
The airline asked its 1,000 UK air crew to accept significant pay cuts or redundancy at the end of March but workers have been informed the airline has “no readily available funds to pay any employees on this coming payday” on 25 April.
The company intends to apply for the UK government’s furlough scheme to cover 80% of staff wages up to £2,500 when it opens on 20 April but does not have the funds to pay workers in the interim.