US Airways Group Inc., which is
cutting costs because of heightened competition from low-fare
carriers, plans to lay off 255 workers this month, the company
and unions said.
The layoffs include 200 flight attendants, 36 mechanics and
19 aircraft cleaners, unions for the workers said. The reduction
in attendants is partly the result of about 300 workers returning
from voluntary furloughs last month, said David Castelveter, a
spokesman for the Arlington, Virginia-based airline.
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US Airways, the seventh-largest U.S. carrier, told workers
in November that it would cut costs by as much as $300 million in
2004, mainly because of increased competition from low-fare
carriers. Southwest Airlines Co., the largest discount carrier,
has said it will start flights in May at Philadelphia, one of US
Airways’ key markets.
The company reversed plans to lay off 44 mechanics in the
closing of maintenance stations in eight cities, after the union
threatened a lawsuit over the shutdown plans, said Joe Tiberi, a
spokesman for the workers’ union, the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
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