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EasyJet has announced that it has begun consultations on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle. | EasyJet has announced that it has begun consultations on plans to close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle. |
It follows an announcement by the airline that it may need to reduce staff numbers by up to a third because of the coronavirus pandemic. | |
EasyJet said the airports would remain part of its route network. | EasyJet said the airports would remain part of its route network. |
Separately, pilots' union Balpa said it had been told by EasyJet that 727 of its UK-based pilots were at risk of redundancy. | |
That is equivalent to one in three of its pilots, Balpa said. | |
EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said: "The lower demand environment means we need fewer aircraft and have less opportunity for work for our people. | |
"We are committed to working constructively with our employee representatives across the network with the aim of minimising job losses as far as possible." | |
Balpa general secretary Brian Stratton said the job cuts were "an excessive over-reaction". | |
"EasyJet won't find a supply of pilots waiting to come back when the recovery takes place over the next two years." |