Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
AirExplore, a Bratislava-based charter airline owned by Avia Solutions Group (Ireland), will dismiss 109 of its more than 160 employees. The collective redundancy starts on 18 December 2026 and is to be completed by the end of the year.
The company said its current level of flight operations no longer requires the existing workforce and it will keep only the positions needed for administration and its remaining flight activities. AirExplore made losses in 2024 and 2025. According to aviation media, it permanently ceased flight operations on 10 November 2026.
The labour office confirmed a matching collective redundancy notification and offered job search assistance. No trade union involvement is mentioned.
Eurofound (2026), AirExplore, Closure in Slovakia, factsheet number 301438, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/301438.
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