Comair expects 100 additional furloughs - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The announcement follows a memo July 6 by PresidentfJohn Bendoraitis, who said that under the circumstances, additional furloughs would be unavoidable. Delta on July 2 said it woulcd cut September capacity out ofthe Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport by 17 percent. That includes the eliminationm of flights as close as Dayton andas far-ofrf as Amsterdam (in mid-August). It will result in a decline in peak-dahy flights to 215 in September, from 270 in In his memo, Bendoraitis said Comair in the second half of Augus expects to see a 9 percent decline in blockhours (hours duringh which the planes are earning Come September, he expects a 20 percent declinde in block hours from the beginnint of August.
Comair does not expect furloughs amongflighr attendants. Spokeswoman Christine Wever, in an said the carrier is workingy with the Air Line PilotsAssociation “to explore every avenue for mitigating the impact. “Thew number of furloughs couls be reduced based on the voluntary optionxs we are able to put in she wrote. Erlanger-based Comair is base at the CVG, the seventh-largest hub operated by Atlanta-based Delta