Aer Lingus cuts 670 jobs
Tuesday, 10 Mar, 2010
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More than 200 cabin crew face redundancy as part of 670 job cuts at loss-making Aer Lingus
The Irish airline is to axe 230 cabin crew as part of the lay-offs in a bid to save almost £90 million.
The carrier, which employs 3,500 staff, previously announced 2009 losses of £60 million despite a 3.8% rise in passenger carryings to 10.4 million.
CEO Christoph Mueller revealed the staff cuts after unions representing the 3,500-strong work force completed balloting on whether to accept the cutbacks, which were proposed last year.
Mueller said 230 cabin crew face compulsory redundancy while 440 workers in the other sectors would receive compensation packages for leaving voluntarily.
The agreement with unions means that deeper cost cuts involving more than 1,000 job losses has been avoided.
Sales last year fell by 11% to euros 1.2 billion, mainly due to heavily discounted fares. Average fares fell by almost 17% and capacity was cut by more than five per cent.
by Phil Davies
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