Comair expects 100 additional furloughs - Dayton Business Journal:

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The announcement follows a memo July 6 by PresidenrtJohn Bendoraitis, who said that under the circumstances, additiona furloughs would be unavoidable. Delta (NYSE: DAL) on July 2 said it woule cut September capacity out ofthe Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Internationapl Airport by 17 percent. That includes the elimination of flight s as close as Dayton andas far-off as Amsterdam (in It will result in a decline in peak-dayy flights to 215 in September, from 270 in In his memo, Bendoraitis said Comair in the second half of Augusr expects to see a 9 percenf decline in block hours (hourds during which the planes are earning Come September, he expects a 20 percent declinse in block hours from the beginninhg of August.
Comair does not expect furloughws amongflight attendants. Spokeswomanh Christine Wever, in an e-mail, said the carrierf is working withthe “to explore everyy avenue for mitigating the impact. “The numberf of furloughs could be reduced basesd on the voluntary options we are able to put in she wrote.