Elperiodico.com.gt publishes: "Claudia Arenas, Communications Director at TACA, indicated that 25 flight crew contracts were suspended in Guatemala, from its workforce of 550 in the country."

"In Honduras, local press reported that at least 31 people working as flight attendants were fired."

Source: elperiodico.com.gt

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