Virgin Atlantic To Cut 600 Jobs

[Nigelinoz]

Source:Virgin Atlantic plans 600 job cuts-02 July, 2009

Up to 600 job cuts are planned at Virgin Atlantic amid a “bleak” outlook for the airline industry.

The airline, which has juts marked its 25th anniversary, is trimming winter capacity by seven per cent year-on-year.

Daily flights to Chicago from Heathrow will be suspended for the winter and one of two daily services to Hong Kong from the London hub will also be dropped.

Frequency on other unspecified routes will also be reduced over the winter 2009-10 period.

“As a result of the lower demand, the airline will need to reduce staff numbers and will shortly start consultations with staff about the possibility of up to 600 redundancies across the business,” the airline confirmed.