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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
360 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2013
Foreseen end date
26 October 2013
Description
German airline Augsburg Airways is to cut 360 jobs (cabin and cockpit crew). A social plan for the redundancies is under negotiation. As announced the company is threatened with closure till the end of October 2013. This restruction is attributed to the termination of cooperation with Lufthansa. In case of a closure, 100 people employed in the technical support and administration units will be made redundant as well.
Sources
21 March 2013: Augsburger Allgemeine (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Augsburg Airways, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 75175, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75175.