Post by Bradford Traveller on Nov 14, 2013 16:27:07 GMT 1
2:42pm Thursday 14th November 2013 in News
Regional airline Flybe, which has operations at Leeds-Bradford Airport, is to axe another 500 jobs in a cost-cutting drive that will also see it review unprofitable routes and bases.
New chief executive Saad Hammad said that without the latest restructuring the Exeter-based carrier, which employs 2,700 people, cannot be viable.
Mr Hammad, who joined the company in August from easyJet, said: “We need to cut costs and improve efficiency. Our original concept of regional connectivity was a sound one but we have executed that very badly in recent years. We want to execute it very well.”
Regional airline Flybe, which has operations at Leeds-Bradford Airport, is to axe another 500 jobs in a cost-cutting drive that will also see it review unprofitable routes and bases.
New chief executive Saad Hammad said that without the latest restructuring the Exeter-based carrier, which employs 2,700 people, cannot be viable.
Mr Hammad, who joined the company in August from easyJet, said: “We need to cut costs and improve efficiency. Our original concept of regional connectivity was a sound one but we have executed that very badly in recent years. We want to execute it very well.”