Midwest Airlines lays off another 186
Midwest Airlines, the Milwaukee-based regional carrier that slashed almost 1,200 jobs from its workforce in July, will lay off another 186 employees in November at its hub base at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee.
The notice of the layoff was announced Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
The workers include 72 pilots, 82 flight attendants and 31 non-union employees, working in the airport and at the airline's hangar facility.
The layoffs will begin Nov. 7. The company told the state the layoffs are temporary but could not say how long they might last.
Midwest cited the rapid rise in fuel costs as the reason for the latest layoff.
The layoffs announced July 16 had an effect on the carrier's schedule as well as Midwest cut dozens of flights July 21, including two of six Midwest Connect flights out of Dane County Regional Airport.
Those two flights, the daily non-stop from Madison to Kansas City and one of five daily flights from Madison to Milwaukee, ended Sunday.
The notice of the layoff was announced Tuesday by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
The workers include 72 pilots, 82 flight attendants and 31 non-union employees, working in the airport and at the airline's hangar facility.
The layoffs will begin Nov. 7. The company told the state the layoffs are temporary but could not say how long they might last.
Midwest cited the rapid rise in fuel costs as the reason for the latest layoff.
The layoffs announced July 16 had an effect on the carrier's schedule as well as Midwest cut dozens of flights July 21, including two of six Midwest Connect flights out of Dane County Regional Airport.
Those two flights, the daily non-stop from Madison to Kansas City and one of five daily flights from Madison to Milwaukee, ended Sunday.
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