Japan Airlines to cut 6,800 jobs

Japan Airlines is to cut 6,800 jobs and pursue a tie-up with a foreign carrier in an effort to return to profit, its president Haruka Nishimatsu said Tuesday. "We are talking about a personnel cut of 6,800," he told reporters. "It's a significant figure.

Japan Airlines is to cut 6,800 jobs and pursue a tie-up with a foreign carrier in an effort to return to profit, its president Haruka Nishimatsu said Tuesday.

"We are talking about a personnel cut of 6,800," he told reporters. "It's a significant figure. The personnel reduction cannot wait." JAL, which lost more than $1 billion in the April-June quarter, has already slashed thousands of jobs in recent years.

Nishimatsu said JAL aimed to seal a tie-up with an overseas carrier by mid-October. According to local media, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines' parent company are both interested in taking stakes in the Japanese group.

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