Airport staff working for the Daa will see their pay cut to 60% with a three-day week from 26 September if they fail to accept a restructuring programme when they ballot on the proposals next week, according to Chief Executive Dalton Philips.
The restructuring, which could see the operator of Dublin and Cork Airports shed between 700 and 900 jobs, has been triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a video address to the workforce today, Mr Philips said traffic at Dublin Airport is still 85% down on last year, while traffic through Cork is faring even worse, with a drop in traffic of 90%.
In further evidence of the collapse of aviation, load factors have also plummeted to less than 40% in Dublin and around 30% in Cork.