Flybe Group, Europe's largest regional airline, said it would cut about 300 jobs, or about 10 per cent of its UK workforce, as it tries to turn around the struggling business.
The job cuts would include a 20 per cent reduction in management posts and about 10 per cent of overhead and production roles, the British carrier said.
Flybe said it did not expect to close any of its 13 UK operational bases but was implementing cost reduction plans with suppliers such as airports and maintenance providers, rolling out fuel efficiency programmes and expanding automation at the check-in process.
European airlines are being hit by slower spending on air travel amid the euro zone debt crisis as well as by high fuel prices, and many have responded by shutting down unprofitable routes and limiting their spending.
Flybe estimated the current measures to result in restructuring costs of between £10 million and £12 million, with the majority of these to be recorded in the current fiscal year that ends on March 31st.
It reiterated its forecast of year-on-year revenue growth of up to 2 per cent.
Reuters