Virgin to axe 600 staff and 10% of flights
02.07.09
Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to axe almost 10% of its flights this winter, with the loss of up to 600 jobs, as the recession continues to hit the airline industry.
The airline said it would not run its daily service from Heathrow to Chicago this coming winter and was suspending one of its two daily services between Heathrow and Hong Kong. There will be additional frequency reductions on some other routes throughout the winter, with a total capacity cut of around 7% compared with last winter.
A spokesman said that it would start consultations with staff ‘about the possibility of up to 600 redundancies across the business’ shortly. Promising to avoid compulsory redundancies, Virgin Atlantic's chief executive, Steve Ridgway, said: ‘The outlook for the industry is as bleak as ever and all airlines are having to shrink their businesses. The fittest will survive and be in a stronger position when the economy grows.’
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