Redundancy and reorganisation round-up

Redundancy and reorganisation round-up

FIRST CHOICE

&#42 1,100 jobs to go, UK and Ireland businesses cutting winter capacity for first half of season by 15% and next summer by 20%, airline fleet reduced.

&#42 European businesses cutting Eastern Mediterranean capacity by 40% for first half of winter.

AIRTOURS

&#42 100 redundancies across group.

THOMSON

&#42 Britannia Airways to lose 100 staff in the first half of 2002, and a further 200 in the second half. No-one will leave before a consultation process is completed.

THOMAS COOK/JMC

&#42 60 central managers to go from all divisions.

&#42 270 sales administrators and 100 cabin crew jobs to go.