As part of its restructuring plan for 5,000 job cuts, the Australian airline Qantas Airways has confirmed 223 drivers B767 and B747 surplus.
152 of them will be offered positions on other types of aircraft, but they have especially relocate to other cities, especially Adelaide. The decision follows an announcement there are two weeks of 475 job cuts at the call center in Melbourne and Brisbane while it consolidates the one located in Tasmania.
The restructuring plan over three years announced by the Australian national airline in February should help save $ 1.8 billion (USD) thanks again to significant changes in its fleet and network. Fifty aircraft must be removed, resold or delayed delivery as is the case for their last 8 A380, the company keeping only 7 different aircraft types.
The plan aims to stem the tide of lost its international division while restarting its internal operations. However, the greatest progress in his quest to restore profits, has so far been the decision to call a truce in the war of capacity with Virgin Australia, which resulted in a flood of additional seats on the domestic market during the two recent years.
During the first six months of fiscal 2014, the Australian airline lost 250 million Australian dollars and loss estimates for the entire year to evoke a billion Australian dollars of loss.
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