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[traveler]

SKY.com Sun 18 Nov 4.35.39 PM

BA Ponders New Job Cuts





British Airways is considering more job cuts as a way of coping with the huge downturn in passenger traffic after September 11.



BA has laid off workers, grounded planes and cut services since the attacks on the US which intensified a worldwide economic slowdown. A review already announced - the Future Size and Shape project - will examine if the airline needs to scale down operations further. It would look at different options - BA was ruling nothing in and nothing out, a spokesman said. Shares in the company plunged over 40% in the first month after the attacks.

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[traveler]

British Airways' board is to meet today to approve its widely reported Future Size and Shape strategic review. Results will be made public Wednesday. Significant job losses are expected as the carrier broadly restructures itself. A major aim will be to stanch losses in BA's European short-haul network. Industry observers speculate over possible closure of loss-making German subsidiary Deutsche BA. Analysts tracking BA forecast a pre-tax loss of about £450 million ($634 million) for the year to March 31; in the first nine months red ink totaled £99 million.

it's very sad to hear about BA's problems.
please post if anyone knows more about "the future shape and size" plan made by BA execs.
BBC has an excellent information about BA on their web www.bbc.co.uk/news (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news)
all of us at GO wish all staff that are "leaving" BA a long and happy new career in your new jobs.
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[Katie]

Sorry to hear about BA's troubles.
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[traveler]

Dateline: Thursday February 14, 2002

British Airways said yesterday that it will shed another 5,800 jobs during the next two years, bringing the total reduction since Sept. 11 to 13,000--a 23% cut in workforce from the 56,700 employed in Aug. and a 36% drop in head office and support staff.

The moves are part of BA's highly anticipated Future Size and Shape review. "We started this review with one clear objective in mind--to turn this company around," CEO Rod Eddington said in a statement. "We will remain true to our heritage of being a full-service network carrier…but we must transform British Airways into a simpler, leaner, more focused airline so we can thrive and prosper in an increasingly competitive market."
Operations at London Gatwick will be scaled back further to 15 destinations by summer 2003, from 51 last summer. Overall, BA will cut its fleet to 305 aircraft by summer 2003, 49 fewer than in summer 2001.

[Katie]

do you know what routes BA are dropping?

KT

[traveler]

Hi Katie.
This is all I could find in the public statements.
Apparently a bunch will be dropped but others will be moved to Heathrow.
Hope it helps. Good luck.

Today, the airline announced that - as part of the strategy - a further eight routes will transfer from Gatwick to Heathrow by summer 2002 - four long haul (Mauritius, Buenos Aires, Lagos and Abuja) and four short haul (Bucharest, Kiev, Riga and Zagreb). By summer 2003, Gatwick capacity will have reduced by a total of
60 per cent, since summer 1999.

The airline also plans to cut a further 10 routes - five long haul and five short haul - as part of the overall reduction in capacity and will announce the details of the route cuts once consultations have been completed.

Since December 2000, the airline has been scaling back its operation at London Gatwick to transform it into a base for point-to-point short haul flights and a limited number of long haul routes. By summer 2003, long haul destinations will have reduced from 41 in summer 2001 to 15 destinations through the suspension of unprofitable routes and moving others to London Heathrow.

A major part of the fleet simplification plan involves the transfer of 16 RJ100s based at Gatwick to the airline’s regional bases in Manchester and Birmingham. In turn, eight A319s at Birmingham will move to Heathrow to join the existing fleet of 25 A319s and 11 A320s. Four B737s will move from Manchester to Gatwick joining 29 B737s already there.

Two Boeing 777 aircraft are being sold and will exit the British Airways fleet in Spring 2002. The company will seek to sell a further five aircraft from its long haul Boeing fleet.

British Airways subsidiaries are conducting their own Future Size and Shape review, which will be announced by Spring.

[Katie]

thanks traveler.

KT

KT
I can tell you that AMS from LGW si being dropped.

[lgw27]

ams is not being dropped its one of the busiest we have most days it nearly goes out full

It was in the Daily Mail on Wednesday I think.
BA is cutting or has cut:
Heathrow-Belfast
Five flights a week to Washington
One daily flight between LHR-JFK
One daily service to Boston
Suspension of Gatwick to New York service
Reduction in frequencies on LGW/LHR-AMS
Reduced flights to middle East
Up to 10 European routes out of LGW
Flights to Brazil
Under threat:
Caribbean, incl. Cuba, South America, Middle East, many shorthaul European services

Why BA is in crisis:
£6bn, debt
£160 million losses in the three months after Sept. 11th
Losing £19 per passenger
45million passengers a year and falling
215 destinations and falling
525,000 flights a year.
Cutting fleet of 350 aircraft by 50.
I think that was right!
Good luck folks!
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[AirBag]

Uh well, you kind of negated your own statement there a bit didn't you?

As you said (or quoted once again) BA has already reduced frequency on the LGW-AMS route.

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