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    United Plans 16,000 Furloughs As Airlines Cut Jobs During Pandemic Downturn

    Just last week, American Airlines announced that 19,000 job cuts were coming. A federal aid package for the industry expires at the end of the month, and airlines are lobbying for an extension.
    by Camila Domonoske Sep 02, 2020 1 minute
    A United Airlines plane sits at the gate at Denver International Airport on July 30. The airline industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

    United Airlines will be putting 16,370 workers on involuntary, indefinite furlough at the start of October unless more aid materializes from the federal government, the company announced Wednesday.

    Together with some 7,400 voluntary

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