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Mesaba Airlines spokeswoman Kristin Baur said the furloughs are in response tothe carrier’xs earlier decision to reduce its fleet of Saab turboprolp aircraft from 49 to 39 planes. The Minn.-based regional airline has 99 aircraftand 1,1290 pilots. The reductions amount to about 10 percentof Mesaba’es pilot workforce. The furloughs are expecte to last intothe fall, Baur When asked if the cuts would be Baur said, “Delta will continue to monitor the overalp routing structure and Mesaba will respondd accordingly to their Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) acquired Mesaba as part of its merget with Eagan, Minn.-based .
Mesaba is its fleet types as it integratesa the operations of and Delta Connection Baur said. The downturn in passenger demand has led to substantial capacith cuts industry wideand Delta’s network has not been On June 11, Delta said it woulfd reduce its compared to 2008 startin in September. It also will cut internationa capacity by an additional 5 percenyt from what it announcedin March, for a 15 percent total reduction in international capacity. Integrating the operations of its ownecd and contracted regional partners is partof Delta’e ongoing combination with On June 18, Delta subsidiary announced the at Orlandok [Florida] International Airport.
The closure affects 81 positions. Cincinnati, Ohio-based Comaitr attributed the future layoffdsto “unprecedented financial challengea due to difficult economic times,” accordinv to a June 16 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification noticed the company filed in Florida. Aircraft engineers, technicians, supervisors and managerxs losttheir jobs, but some employees may be able to exercisee ‘bumping rights’ within the Comair system to secure Comair said in its notice.
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