More than 10,000 British Airways workers are being made redundant, it has been confirmed.
It is understood that 6,000 of the redundancies are voluntary and trade union Unite says a further 4,000 are compulsory.
A spokesperson for the airline said: "Our half year results, published last week, clearly show the enormous financial impact of COVID-19 on our business.
"We are having to make difficult decisions and take every possible action now to protect as many jobs as possible.
"And, while we never could have anticipated being in a position of making redundancies, more than 6,000 of our colleagues have now indicated that they wish to take voluntary redundancy from BA."
Howard Beckett, assistant general secretary at Unite, said 4,000 of the union's members have been "forced out", blaming "naked company greed".
He added: "This is a very bleak day for the incredible BA workforce and will go down in the history of the airline as the day that it put the interests of the boardroom ahead of its passengers and workforce."
Unite said that it understood the number of jobs British Airways intends to cut is around 10,700.
International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways, announced in April that it would cut up to 12,000 jobs out of a total of 42,000 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Almost five months after lockdown was imposed on the UK, with its accompanying travel restrictions, the airline is still flying less than 20% of its usual schedule.
British Airways is not alone in facing deep trouble.
A massive reduction in passenger numbers has grounded fleets worldwide and left the long-term viability of mass passenger travel in question.
And British Airways, like many of its competitors, has had to take extraordinary steps - furloughing more than 30,000 staff and borrowing £300m from a Bank of England support fund.
Sky's business presenter Ian King said it is thought around 4,500 of those affected on Friday are cabin crew based at London Heathrow or London Gatwick.
He added that British Airways is in a "pretty severe situation" but is "far from acting in isolation", with other airlines also cutting thousands of jobs in recent months.
IAG shares were down 2% in early afternoon trading on Friday.
:: Sky News would like to hear from British Airways workers who have received a redundancy letter from the airline. Please send us an email on sky.today@sky.uk
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