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Jetstar axes ground staff
Posted 5 hours 0 minutes ago
Updated 4 hours 35 minutes ago
The airline is outsourcing its ground handling operations in Hobart and Launceston. (Supplied)
The low-cost airline Jetstar has announced it is cutting ground handling operations in Tasmania.
Eighteen staff at Hobart and Launceston airports have been told they have the option of redundancy or being redeployed.
The airline will outsource its ground handling operations at both airports to the Tasmanian-based company Air Trade.
Jetstar Spokesman Simon Westaway says Air Trade has indicated it may be able to re-employ some of the staff.
"What the management of Air Trade will be doing is meeting with our staff on the ground in both Hobart and Launceston from later this week," he said.
"That is a commitment that that organisation has given at the end of the day they need to make a determination in terms of what is the right balance and mix for that organisation."
Jetstar shut its Hobart air crew base two weeks ago, giving 40 staff the option of redeployment or redundancy.