Estonian Air to reduce the number of employees

2012-11-20 — /travelprnews.com/ — Due to the need to adjust operations in accordance to the reduced flight capacity, Estonian Air will decrease its staff by 146 people. Workforce reduction will be applied to all structural units of Estonian Air. Currently 318 people are working in the company.

“Noticeable cutbacks in the flight volumes unfortunately leads to operating with smaller number of employees,“ explained Jan Palmér, the CEO of Estonian Air. “The structure of the company will be based on operating 5 aircraft and serving 9-10 core destinations.”

Estonian Air is working closely with the Estonian CAA during the whole downsizing process. “During such a large scale downsizing effort, we will consult the ECAA in every aspect of the restructuring to ensure the maximum level flight safety, which is the cornerstone in aviation,” noted Palmér.

“The redundancy plan is adopted according to the decision by the Supervisory Council of Estonian Air to change the direction of the company, ” said Palmér. “The model of operation for Estonian Air is based on core route network for Estonia, where there is a solid fundamental demand.”

The redundancy plan is applied to personnel in administrative and flight operations divisions. “As a Company we wish to make every effort to carry out the change process with utmost possible care. The lay off process among administrative staff will start already now and the layoff of flight crews as soon as we have a clear picture of how to transfer the fleet into one type of 5 aircraft. Further details will be announced within coming weeks,” added Palmér.

After redundancy, the new structure of Estonian Air foresees altogether 172 employees, out of which 100 of flight crew and the rest of support functions and operational administration.

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