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Aeroflot to cut 2000 jobs

Aeroflot to cut 2000 jobs

17 September 2009 Airline News

Aeroflot, the Russian flag carrier has revealed plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or 13 percent of its workforce, in the next half-year, after its profits dropped amid higher fuel prices.

Lebedev to sell Blue Wings to Aeroflot for €1

24 April 2009 Press Release Airline News

Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has offered to sell his German charter airline Blue Wings AG to Aeroflot for €1 because it faces unspecified “financial difficulties”.The purchase will allow state-run Aeroflot, in which Lebedev owns a 29 percent stake to enter the European market, he said yesterday.