Thursday, September 2, 2010

Delta's Comair to Cut Half Its Fleet, Eliminate Jobs

Delta Air Lines Inc.’s Comair regional carrier will eliminate most of its 50-seat jets and cut an unspecified number of jobs to lower costs by at least $110 million during the next four years.

“Absent any action on our part to change our current direction, our future remains in question,” Comair President John Bendoraitis said today in a memo to employees.

Comair will get rid of 53 of its oldest planes by 2012, said Kristin Baur, a spokeswoman. Most will be 50-seat Bombardier Inc. CRJs, shrinking the fleet to......

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