Oman Air (WY, Muscat) has laid off around 1,000 employees in an effort to cut costs and bring its workforce to the levels of similarly-sized airlines. Chairman Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali said during a media event that Oman Air had 4,300 employees before restructuring and that the figure should be reduced to 2,700, the Muscat-based news portal The Arabian Stories reported.

Half of those dismissed from the company were foreign citizens. On April 19, Oman Air announced it had sacked 487 expatriates in the previous 18…

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