On Air Highlights
Qantas Announces Job Cuts
16 February 2012
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Some 500 jobs are expected to go from the Australian airline Qantas, mainly in the catering and engineering sectors.
It’s expected more jobs will be lost when the company closes at least one of its three heavy maintenance bases.
Qantas has blamed higher fuel costs and industrial action, for an 83 per cent drop in profit, and says it needs to further rationalise the company.
Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce, says there’ll be a review of operations at Avalon and Tullamarine in Victoria, and its base in Brisbane.
Tracee Hutchison spoke to Geoffrey Thomas, Aviation Editor for the West Australian newspaper:
Presenter: Tracee Hutchison
Speaker: Geoffrey Thomas, Aviation Editor for the West Australian newspaper
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