Japan Airlines to cut 1,640 jobs by 2011: spokesman
Japan Airlines, facing a profit slump this year, expects to shed 1,640 jobs by March 2011 as part of efforts to boost efficiency, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
By Agencies |
TOKYO: Japan Airlines, facing a profit slump this year, expects to shed 1,640 jobs by March 2011 as part of efforts to boost efficiency, a company spokesman said on Thursday.
JAL will shrink the workforce at its main international unit through reduced hiring and natural attrition, said company spokesman Stephen Pearlman.
It will also shift some workers to positions elsewhere in the group, reducing the number of employees at the international division to 14,100, down from 16,240 as of the end of last month, he said.
The company is working to increase the efficiency of existing staff "and as a result the numbers that are required, certainly in terms of new hires, will go down," the spokesman said.
JAL warned in November that its operating profits would slump 69 percent in the current financial year to March, hammered by high fuel costs and a tough economic climate.
The airline has already announced more than 10,000 job cuts since 2005. It has also scrapped unprofitable routes and introduced smaller, fuel-efficient aircraft to cope with high energy costs and sluggish demand.
JAL will shrink the workforce at its main international unit through reduced hiring and natural attrition, said company spokesman Stephen Pearlman.
It will also shift some workers to positions elsewhere in the group, reducing the number of employees at the international division to 14,100, down from 16,240 as of the end of last month, he said.
The company is working to increase the efficiency of existing staff "and as a result the numbers that are required, certainly in terms of new hires, will go down," the spokesman said.
JAL warned in November that its operating profits would slump 69 percent in the current financial year to March, hammered by high fuel costs and a tough economic climate.
The airline has already announced more than 10,000 job cuts since 2005. It has also scrapped unprofitable routes and introduced smaller, fuel-efficient aircraft to cope with high energy costs and sluggish demand.
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