59 Jobs Lost as Aviance shuts Dublin operations

Ground handler Aviance is to shut down it's Dublin operation on August 25 with the lost of 59 jobs. A further 41 jobs will be transferred to rival Service Air.

In November of last year Aviance announced that it was closing it's Dublin operation due to the high cost base but following negotiations with unions the employees agreed to a total of 50 redundancies, with remaining employees taking a 20% pay cut and a reduction in working hours.

In recent weeks the company decided that in spite of the reductions the Dublin operation was still not feasible. The 100 workers at Aviance have voted to take industrial action of the company does not agree terms of closure with union Siptu.