Struggling Japan Airlines (JAL) said Tuesday it would dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants in line with its rehabilitation plan.
The flagship carrier said in a statement that it would lay off about 80 pilots, 60 flight attendants and 30 other workers as of Friday.
The company said the dismissal was “unavoidable” as the number of employees applying for its latest voluntary retirement programme only came to around 30, far below its target of 200.
“It is a heartbreaking decision,” JAL President Masaru Onishi told reporters, according Jiji Press. “Considering the feeling of those who will leave us, we will aim to recover as soon as possible.”
The carrier went under in January owing 26 billion dollars in one of Japan's biggest-ever corporate failures, but has continued flying while it goes through rehabilitation process under court protection.
JAL had tried to achieve personnel cuts by encouraging early retirement and selling subsidiaries, reducing staffing numbers to 32,600 at the end of March next year from 48,714 a year earlier. - Sapa-AFP
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