US carrier Delta Air Lines cuts jobs, sells planes
{{date|September  7, 2005}}
[[File:Deltalax_(cropped).jpg|250px|right|thumb|Delta Airlines Boeing 757-232 at Los Angeles International Airport.]]
The [[United States]]' third-largest airline operator, [[Delta Air Lines]], will cut 1,000 jobs due to a planned service reduction at their {{w|Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport|Cincinnati hub}}. The carrier also announced they will sell 11 of their [[Boeing]] {{w|Boeing 767|767-200}} planes to an air-cargo company, ABX Air Inc., since they are the least fuel-efficient aircraft in the fleet.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport lost 9 destinations, but the carrier said there would be no inconvenience to passengers. Delta will fly to 20 new "business destinations" from [[w:Atlanta|Atlanta]] and {{w|Salt Lake City}}, instead. Also 41 international connections are to be maintained or expanded.

The changes took place due to the difficult financial situation of the company, which suffered $10 billion in losses since 2001, and warned that they would file for {{w|bankruptcy}} if unsuccessful in lowering costs.
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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=nN07238926&imageid=top-news-view-2005-08-16-160607-CAQD8PAL.jpeg&cap=Delta%20Air%20Lines%20will%20let%201,000%20workers%20go%20as%20part%20of%20service%20cuts%20in%20Cincinnati,%20Ohio,%20and%20sell%2011%20wide-body%20jets,%20the%20company%20said%20on%20Wednesday.%20Passengers%20walk%20past%20the%20tail%20fin%20of%20a%20Delta%20jet%20at%20Reagan%20National%20Airport%20outside%20Washington%20in%20an%20August%2019,%202004%20file%20photo.%20REUTERS/Larry%20Downing
|title=Delta to sell planes, cut jobs as bankruptcy looms
|author=Christian Plumb
|pub=Reuters
|date=September 7, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&Date=20050907&ID=5028416
|title=Delta Reducing Its Capacity in Cincinnati
|author=[[w:Associated Press|Associated Press]]
|pub=MSN
|date=September 7, 2005}}

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Delta Airlines Boeing 757-232 at Los Angeles International Airport.
The United States' third-largest airline operator, Delta Air Lines, will cut 1,000 jobs due to a planned service reduction at their Cincinnati hub. The carrier also announced they will sell 11 of their Boeing 767-200 planes to an air-cargo company, ABX Air Inc., since they are the least fuel-efficient aircraft in the fleet.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport lost 9 destinations, but the carrier said there would be no inconvenience to passengers. Delta will fly to 20 new "business destinations" from Atlanta and , instead. Also 41 international connections are to be maintained or expanded.

The changes took place due to the difficult financial situation of the company, which suffered $10 billion in losses since 2001, and warned that they would file for  if unsuccessful in lowering costs.

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