Heathrow Airport

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
London;
Location of affected unit(s)
London
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52.2 - Support activities for transportation
52.23 - Service activities incidental to air transportation
200 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
24 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
24 February 2014
Foreseen end date

Description

Heathrow Airport has announced that it is planning to cut 200 of 1,000 jobs from its central head office operations.

According to the management, the restructuring is following a ruling from the Civil Aviation Authority that the airport must reduce charges for airlines in real terms from April 2014.  The cuts will not affect front line roles like security.

The airport employs about 7,000 staff in total.

Sources

  • 24 February 2014: The Telegraph

Citation

Eurofound (2014), Heathrow Airport, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76656, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76656.