British Airways to close Glasgow cabin crew base

Oct 7 2008 by Tony McDonough, icNorthWest

British Airways is planning to close its Glasgow cabin crew base, putting almost 140 jobs under threat.

Staff at the base operate on the airline’s services between Glasgow, Edinburgh and Heathrow.

The news came ahead of a meeting later today between BA chief executive Willie Walsh and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.

It is understood there will be no compulsory redundancies but sources said 138 jobs would be affected.

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