Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Denmark
Region
Københavns amt;
Location of affected unit(s)
Dragør
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51 - Air transport

135 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
5 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2008
Foreseen end date
1 September 2009

Description

The Islandic owned and Danish based airliner Sterling have announced that 135 employees will be dismissed due to crisis in the sector partly caused by higher oil prices. 61 of the 135 redundancies are pilots, which 20 work in the administration and the rest are cabin crew.


Sources

  • 8 July 2008: Business.dk
  • 5 August 2008: politiken.dk

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Sterling Airlines, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 67009, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67009.