RE: British Airways to cut 5,800 more jobs, reshape fleet

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Details are as follows (extracted from the BA website):

Today, the airline announced that - as part of the strategy - a further
eight routes will transfer from Gatwick to Heathrow by summer 2002 - four=

long haul (Mauritius, Buenos Aires, Lagos and Abuja) and four short haul
(Bucharest, Kiev, Riga and Zagreb). By summer 2003, Gatwick capacity will=

have reduced by a total of 60 per cent, since summer 1999.

The airline also plans to cut a further 10 routes - five long haul and fi=
ve
short haul - as part of the overall reduction in capacity and will announ=
ce
the details of the route cuts once consultations have been completed.

A major part of the fleet simplification plan involves the transfer of 16=

RJ100s based at Gatwick to the airline?s regional bases in Manchester and=

Birmingham. In turn, eight A319s at Birmingham will move to Heathrow to
join the existing fleet of 25 A319s and 11 A320s. Four B737s will move fr=
om
Manchester to Gatwick joining 29 B737s already there.

Two Boeing 777 aircraft are being sold and will exit the British Airways
fleet in Spring 2002. The company will seek to sell a further five aircra=
ft
from its long haul Boeing fleet.

British Airways subsidiaries are conducting their own Future Size and Sha=
pe
review, which will be announced by Spring.


David/MAN

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