Air Baltic Corp AS said it currently expects between 500 and 700 jobs to be affected as it reshapes the business, focusing on its hubs in Riga, Latvia; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Tallinn, Estonia. The company noted it has a workforce of 3,000 across the region and stressed that choices about specific employees have not been made.
To rein in expenses for the long term, the airline is preparing workforce adjustments and is in talks about reduced workloads for pilots and flight attendants. As part of the restructuring plan, the all-Airbus SE A220 operator aims to trim its fleet by 60 aircraft by 2031.
Airline restructurings decide routes, fares, and thousands of jobs at once. Market Briefs follows the sector free every weekday.
The company sought Chapter 11 protection in New York last month to reorganize its debt and respond to elevated fuel prices and travel disruption linked to the Iran war. "We recognize that this is an important and sensitive process for our people," Chief Executive Officer Erno Hilden said. "No final decisions have been made regarding individual employees."
This is a reminder that airlines can pivot staffing and fleet plans when fuel and geopolitics get choppy, and those changes can stretch over years. If you track travel as part of your broader spending or budgeting, the headline here is staying power: its plan calls for reducing the fleet of A220s by 60 by 2031, underscoring how long these cycles can run.
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