Easyjet announces massive job cuts despite state bailout

Easyjet, Scotland’s largest airline, has announced that it will slash 4500 jobs, despite being in receipt of a £600 million bailout from the UK treasury in April. Earlier in May the budget airline announced that it was increasing services on some of Scotland’s most popular routes in order to absorb capacity lost by competitor Flybe […]

Easyjet, Scotland’s largest airline, has announced that it will slash 4500 jobs, despite being in receipt of a £600 million bailout from the UK treasury in April. Earlier in May the budget airline announced that it was increasing services on some of Scotland’s most popular routes in order to absorb capacity lost by competitor Flybe when it collapsed. (The National)