May 28, 2006

ComAir

Don''t see them expanding their route map anytime in the near future:

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/business/14674821.htm

Comair has said it must have concessions from the flight attendants as part of a plan to cut $42 million in annual costs. Unions representing pilots and mechanics have agreed to concessions, but those deals are contingent on the flight attendants accepting cuts as well. Like its parent Delta, Comair, which has 6,400 employees and operates 850 flights daily to 108 cities, is trying to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed last year.

A U.S. bankruptcy judge in New York refused last month to allow the company to reject its contract with flight attendants so it could impose $8.9 million in wage and other cuts. Negotiations are set to resume the week of June 5 with the 970 flight attendants, represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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