Airlines
British Midland to cut 600 jobs
Wednesday, 3 October 2001
Hundreds more jobs were lost today in the aviation industry in the aftermath of the US terrorist attacks.
Airline BMI British Midland, which operates services on the Dublin-Heathrow and Dublin-East Midlands routes, is planning to cut 600 jobs - over 10% of its entire workforce. The company was also grounding eight aircraft.,
Today's move comes after airlines around the world have encountered turbulence amid a global economic slowdown aggravated by last month's attacks on New York and Washington.
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Rival British carriers BA and Virgin Atlantic have already axed 7,000 and 1,200 jobs, respectively, and trimmed capacity, while US carriers have made even deeper cutbacks.
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