Lydd Airport job losses
04.10.09
Six people are to be made redundant at Lydd Airport in Kent as part of a restructuring exercise to cut costs. The airport's owners said the current economic climate meant it could not continue to operate at a loss. They also blamed the decision to cut staff from 54 to 48 on the uncertainty over their expansion plans. Earlier this month a hearing to decide whether the airport could extend its runway and build a new terminal was postponed for the fourth time.
The airport's managing director, Jonathan Gordon, said: ‘Over the last 8 years more than £25m has been spent on the airport project and dozens of jobs were created in the process. However, in light of the current economic climate, we have been forced to take a long hard look at the finances. The slight streamlining of our operations will produce the cost savings that we need to make, but I am saddened that it means the loss of 6 jobs.'
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