Delta Announces More Job Cuts

ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines will cut 800 to 1,000 maintenance jobs by April 1 and close an Atlanta hangar as part of its restructuring.

The ailing carrier told employees yesterday that the cuts mainly will involve aircraft mechanics and will be made through a combination of voluntary and involuntary furloughs.

The cuts are part of the total of 9,000 job cuts the Atlanta-based carrier announced last year.

Tony Charaf is head of Delta's maintenance division. He says what he calls the "painful but necessary reductions" are needed to match maintenance operations to a smaller fleet.

The airline hopes to cut costs or boost revenue by $3 billion annually as it moves through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.

Delta also plans to close a former Eastern Airlines hangar that it has rented from the airport for the past several years by April 1.

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