Northwest to trim staff by 8 percent to cut costs

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Northwest to trim staff by 8 percent to cut costs
Wed Jul 9, 2008 1:40pm EDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Northwest Airlines Corp said on
Wednesday it would cut its frontline and management
staff by 8 percent as part of a sweeping capacity
reduction aimed at offsetting the soaring cost of
jet fuel.

Northwest, which plans to merge with Delta Air Lines
Inc, estimated the job cuts and a variety of new fees
would generate $250 million to $300 million annually.

The airline, the latest to announce job cuts, intends
to reduce its capacity systemwide by 8.5 percent to
9.5 percent in the fourth quarter. The job cuts --
about 2,500 in all -- will affect all Northwest
employee groups, the carrier said in a statement.
Northwest has about 31,000 employees worldwide,
according to its website.

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The carrier also said it would attempt to boost
revenue through new fees, such as a $15 charge to
check a single bag. Other carriers have implemented
that fee, which met with scorn from travelers.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSDIS96174920080709

[saigon68]

1. Ah YES----- Northworst Airlines

At one time in the early sixties it was called-- "Northwest Orient Airlines". Meals were served with real silverware and it was a classy, on time operation. Flying was an adventure to be looked forward to by adventurers and anyone lucky enough to afford a ticket.

Corporate Greed and Avarice has made this class act into a toilet brush unfit to clean the restroom at The Greyhound Bus Depot in Detroit

[Theres-a]

2. I've been to that depot

And I flew Northwest last fall. And I agree with you.

[saigon68]

4. Yes Its quite a place

When I went through there a while back, It was a Disneyland like Amusement Park run by and for "Crack Dealers"

[Doctor_J]

3. FinnFan has added a "daily layoff tally" to the daily stock market watch

in LBN. A good antidote to the lies and misdirection of Big Media

[excess_3]

5. welcome news n/t

[Bozita]

6. I smell something.

2500 jobs?

Welcome news?

[excess_3]

7. when Braniff-Eastern-etc disappeared ...

did anyone notice?

[Bozita]

8. No. Clue us in, please.