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airBaltic plans to cut 500–700 jobs, about 20% of its workforce

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The Latvian carrier has notified Latvia’s State Employment Agency of a planned collective redundancy process affecting employees across its Baltic operations, where it employs about 3,000 people. airBaltic says the cuts will not affect its flight schedule; reports also describe the move as part of a broader effort to scale back.

Discovered 2026-10-05T05:04:50.461039-07:00 | 2026-10-05T05:04:50.461039-07:00

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  • The planned reduction would affect roughly one in five of airBaltic’s approximately 3,000 employees, with positions potentially affected at bases in Riga, Vilnius and Tallinn.
  • airBaltic says its flight schedule will not be affected, but the scale of the cuts signals a substantial restructuring of the carrier’s Baltic operations.

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aerospaceglobalnews.com flugrevue.de Aviation24 Aviation Week airporthaber2.com Le Journal de l’Aviation
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2026-10-05T05:04:50.461039-07:00
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