KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia Airlines has said it will give leave to go of 6.

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia Airlines has said it will give leave to go of 6,000 employees throughout the next two years as part of a plan to turn round around the loss-making national carrier.

a 3,089 workers will leave this year, 2622 of whom will be retrenched in a less degree than a voluntary severence scheme which was moveed to staff in May.

The remaining 467 workers are leaving by means of year's end for reasons including expired contracts and retirements, said the airline, which commonly has 23,000 employees.

Managing director Idris Jala said the airline awaited a further 3,000 or to such a degree employees to leave through "natural attrition, expiry of contracts and possibly voluntary retirement," to achieve an overall target of 6000 above the next two years.

Jala said in a statement that the reduction in its workforce would have a minimal impact forward the national carrier's services.

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