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Saturday October 13, 12:06 AM

JAL wants flight attendants to retire early


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TOKYO (AFP) - Loss-making Japan Airlines said Friday it would implement an early retirement programme for flight attendants to cut costs.

Asia's largest carrier will promote early retirement among an unspecified number of flight attendants with 15 years' service or more by March 31, 2008, JAL said in a statement.

Eligible flight attendants will have to apply for the programme between November 12 and December 21 and will retire on March 31 next year, JAL said.

The company also said 880 ground-based managers and general managers are set to retire early on March 31 in line with its drastic restructuring programme.

JAL, which has axed thousands of jobs in a restructuring drive, made losses in the last two fiscal years because of increased competition and rising fuel costs.

 


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