SINGAPORE – National carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has ceased monthly variable component (MVC) cuts to basic salary for all its Singapore-based staff since Aug 1, it said in a statement on Friday (Aug 13).

The airline implemented MVC cuts, along with no-pay leave, hiring freeze and retrenchments, to cut expenditures last September.

But additional pay cuts for pilots remain in place, as per an agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association – Singapore union last year to mitigate further job losses for pilots.