Spanair to lay off 90 pilots

Spanair to lay off 90 pilots

Spanair is to lay off 90 pilots as it looks to counter the global economic slowdown.

The airline, a Spanish subsidiary of Scandinavian airline SAS, agreed the job cuts with Spanish labour union Sepla. It is part of a plan to reduce operations in the Spanish destinations of Majorca, Tenerife, Alicante, Bilbao and Malaga and the Canary Islands.

Spanair has been hit hard by the global economic slowdown and higher fuel costs, while in August, more than 150 people died in the company’s worst air disaster in Madrid.