Czech Airlines to cut a third of staff
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A third of jobs are to go at Czech Airlines (CSA) after restructuring plans led to the removal of some A320s.
The carrier has informed the Employment Office it will fire 77 pilots, more than 200 cabin crew and 60 administrative staff in the cut-backs, which come after several aircraft were taken out of the airline’s fleet.
CSA spokesman Daniel Sabik said some of the pilots or crew could be given jobs at other SkyTeam alliance carriers.
Sabik said: “Korean Air and Aeroflot, for example, may employ most Airbus A320 pilots for whom CSA will no longer have work. The decision that CSA will no longer use the Airbus A320 planes was discussed and unanimously approved by all CSA shareholders at the company’s general meeting in early September as part of the restructuring plan.
The airline has been forced to bring forward its restructure after passenger numbers from Russia and Eastern Europe dropped as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
Korean Air acquired a large part of the shares in CSA last year.
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