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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 June 2014
Employment effect (start)
19 June 2014
Foreseen end date
Description
Finnish airline Blue1 has announced that it will cut 160 jobs in Helsinki. According to the source, Blue1 has entered into employer-employee talks about the redundancies. The source reports that the airline is making these redundancies as the company is reducing its services due to a decline in demand.
Blue1 is a member of the SAS group. The ERM has reported on previous restructuring events at Blue1 inĀ 2011.
Sources
19 June 2014: Svenska YLE
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Blue 1, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 77206, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77206.