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Smoke Shack is one of many foodservice establishments inside SA International Airport.
In March, San Antonio International Airport’s foodservice provider, HMSHost, furloughed more than 120 employees. Now, the company expects to turn those furloughs into permanent layoffs, the
San Antonio Business Journal reports.
Maryland-based HMSHost — part of one of the world’s largest providers of travel industry-related food services — told Texas officials the temporary job reductions will become permanent on October 15.
That is, unless it can recall some workers before then, according to the
SABJ report. However, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook isn’t positive.
HMSHost officials had expected a sizable return of airport and motorway business across the U.S. by summer, the
SABJ reports. Instead, several states have seen recent spikes in COVID-19 cases. The reality, the company said, is that it will take "a significant period for our business to recover.”
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, San Antonio International consistently set monthly passenger volume records over nearly the past three years. That activity was disrupted as multiple airlines cut flights.
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