Air France-KLM tapte €505 millioner forrige kvartal
* -€505 sist kvartal
* Antall ansatte skal kuttes med 2000
* Kapasiteten skal reduseres med 2%
* Større investeringer legges på is for 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=AF:FP&sid=aaSAZ3WBCQeQ
* -€505 sist kvartal
* Antall ansatte skal kuttes med 2000
* Kapasiteten skal reduseres med 2%
* Større investeringer legges på is for 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=AF:FP&sid=aaSAZ3WBCQeQ
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Air France-KLM Group, Europe’s biggest airline, said it will eliminate as many as 2,000 jobs after lower ticket revenues and dwindling cargo volumes pushed it to a third-quarter loss.
The cuts at the Air France unit will be achieved by scrapping posts when people leave and no one will be fired, spokesman Nicolas Petteau said today. The company had a 505 million-euro ($653 million) net loss in the three months ended Dec. 31 versus a year-earlier profit of 139 million euros.
Air France joins British Airways Plc, Ryanair Holdings Plc and Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. in slashing jobs this week as the industry is buffeted by crumbling demand for air travel. The Paris-based company will also cut 1.2 billion euros from capital spending and reduce capacity by 2 percent as it targets a positive operating profit in fiscal 2009.