The Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports that airlines lost 6.6% of jobs since February, 2008. It’s the eighth straight year of US airline job loss. Only Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airlines increased their overall workforce since February 2008. Delta/Northwest now employs 73,100, down 4,800 from last year. American lost 3,300; and United lost 6,600. ATA Airlines, which went [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 2, 2009
Delta Air Lines is eliminating five executive positions as it merges with Northwest Airlines. CEO Richard Anderson and President Ed Bastian said that with the merger’s rapid progression and the current economic meltdown, “it is prudent for us to restructure and reduce the size of our executive team.” On June 1st the following executives will leave the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Delta Air Lines, the world’s largest carrier, will trim seats on international flights by an additional 10%, and is considering cutting more jobs. Delta will have to “reassess our staffing needs” to match the scaled back operations, CEO Richard Anderson and President Ed Bastian said in a memo to employees. Any new payroll cuts would add to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 19, 2009
Delta Air Lines announced today it will grant voluntary buyouts to the more than 2,100 employees requesting them. The world’s largest airline previously said it would cut capacity by up to 8% this year as travel demand plummets. Delta, which eliminated 4,000 jobs last year though voluntary exit packages, has not offered a firm estimate for the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 31, 2009
Delta Air Lines is extending the deadline of its employee buyout offer as it moves to cut 2,000 jobs. The deadline was to be January 31st, but Delta is extending the option period to February 11th. Atlanta-based Delta announced the buyout plan in December. The buyouts are part of Delta’s plan to eliminate flight capacity in 2009 by [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Delta Air Lines will commit to keeping jobs at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Delta promised it would keep up employment and flights in Minnesota after acquiring Northwest Airlines last year. Airport spokesman Patrick Hogan says the airline is ready to put those flight and employment promises into a formal agreement. “They are guaranteeing at least 400 flights a [...]
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