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BA cuts 12 routes from UK regional operations
British Airways is cutting 500 jobs and eliminating 12 routes from its UK regional operations, an outcome of the airline’s ‘Future Size and Shape’ review to restructure its business and restore profitability.
BA said the measures announced today, which build on the creation of BA CitiExpress last month, are designed to reduce its overall capacity from UK regional airports by eight per cent and deliver annual savings of £20 million by 2004.
David Evans, British Airways General Manager UK Business said: “We now have the framework to develop our business and deliver the required cost savings. We are laying the platform for growth by getting our business in shape.
“This will provide us with a clear business direction for our staff and our customers. We will have the right aircraft at the right time on the right routes, and, where the business demands, we will have new services and extra frequency.”
Cardiff will be the city hardest hit by the elimination of loss-making regional routes with the withdrawal of services to Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. In addition BA is cutting services from Bristol to Brussels and Cork, from Plymouth to Cork and Dublin, and from Southampton to Frankfurt, Jersey to Paris, Newcastle to Cork and Belfast to Sheffield.
As part of the restructuring, BA will be concentrating on its key regional business routes with increased frequencies on nine services out of Manchester, Bristol and Newcastle as well as opening new routes from Manchester to Venice and Bristol to Leeds-Bradford.
Read our previous stories:
3-Apr-2002 BA slashes domestic fares to compete with low-cost carriers
13-Feb-2002 Thousands more jobs to be axed at BA
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