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Boeing to slash 7,000 more jobs as hopes for ‘cash’ fade

Bloomberg Boeing Co is almost doubling its planned job cuts as the coronavirus pandemic and prolonged grounding of the 737 Max jet dim prospects for a financial recovery next year. With the outlook for aircraft sales still uncertain, executives abandoned a forecast that Boeing would stop burning cash next year and said they would eliminate an additional 7,000 jobs. That ...

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Dutch reject KLM cost-cutting plan linked to $4 billion bailout

Bloomberg The Netherlands has rejected a cost-cutting plan put forth by Air France-KLM’s Dutch arm and withheld a portion of a $4 billion government bailout until it approves the restructuring plan. The Dutch government won’t grant a second tranche of state aid because pilot union VNV rejected a pay cut, Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra and Infrastructure and Water Management Minister ...

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IAG sees oil-hedging losses widen to $1.9b

Bloomberg IAG SA, owner of British Airways, said it is conducting a review of hedging policy after the coronavirus pandemic sparked a mammoth loss on oil derivatives contracts. The company uses such contracts to try and limit its fuel bill — usually the single biggest expense for airlines — but lost 1.6 billion euros ($1.9 billion) as a result of ...

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