Report: United Lays Off 540 Denver Workers
Company Says It Will Cut 20,000 Jobs Nationwide
POSTED: 10:39 a.m. MDT September 25, 2001
DENVER -- United Airlines has laid off 540 Denver employees
and consolidated its flights on one concourse at Denver
International Airport as the airline pares its operations after the
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Rocky Mountain News reported Tuesday.
The newspaper cited unnamed airline officials as saying there had been 540 Denver layoffs. However, a United spokesman would not confirm the number Tuesday to The Associated Press.
The reported cuts amount to 5.7 percent of the airline's 9,500
Denver workers. A United spokesman said the airline is still
determining how many more layoffs will come.
United and its United Express affiliates carry about 66 percent
of the people who fly through Denver.
The airline said last week that it would cut 20,000 jobs nationwide,
a fifth of its work force, and drop about 20 percent of its flights
because of falling travel after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
United is operating no flights from its eight gates on Concourse
A at Denver International Airport and has consolidated all flights
to Concourse B, where it has all 43 gates, airport spokesman Chuck
Cannon said.
The airline has halted plans for a $300 million expansion on
Concourse A for regional jet service.
The newspaper cited unnamed airline officials as saying there had been 540 Denver layoffs. However, a United spokesman would not confirm the number Tuesday to The Associated Press.
The reported cuts amount to 5.7 percent of the airline's 9,500
Denver workers. A United spokesman said the airline is still
determining how many more layoffs will come.
United and its United Express affiliates carry about 66 percent
of the people who fly through Denver.
The airline said last week that it would cut 20,000 jobs nationwide,
a fifth of its work force, and drop about 20 percent of its flights
because of falling travel after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
United is operating no flights from its eight gates on Concourse
A at Denver International Airport and has consolidated all flights
to Concourse B, where it has all 43 gates, airport spokesman Chuck
Cannon said.
The airline has halted plans for a $300 million expansion on
Concourse A for regional jet service.Copyright 2002 by TheDenverChannel.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
