Aer Arann base to soften blow of job cuts

The creation a new base in the Isle of Man to serve the airline's new service to London City will help soften the jobs cut at Aer Arann. The new base will require 30 cockpit and cabin crew to be based on the island and will limit the proposed job cuts announced in early November to 70 as opposed to the original figure of 100.

In line with the announced concentration on high performer routes the airline is cutting three routes from January 12, namely Cork - Prestwick, Galway to Amsterdam via Waterford and Kerry - Manchester.