Irish airline Aer Lingus announces plans for layoffs, restructuring By Reuters
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish airline Aer Lingus is to close its cabin crew base at one of the country's largest airports and impose cutbacks and layoffs across the company as part of a COVID-19 restructuring plan, it said on Tuesday. In a statement, Aer Lingus said it had "confirmed to staff that the airline will emerge smaller from the pandemic, and there will be a requirement for redundancies". The Irish carrier, which like British Airways and Iberia is owned by International Airlines Group (LON:ICAG), is to close its base at Shannon Airport, one of its...
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