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Pro Air lays off workers, cuts routes in half.(Brief Article)
Crain's Detroit Business, May, 2000 by Kosdrosky, Terry
Pro Air Inc. has laid off 15 to 20 percent of its work force as part of cutbacks that included canceling flights to half of its destinations. The Seattle-based carrier that operates out of Detroit City Airport has struggled financially and cut its routes to Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Newark, and Seattle.
Pro Air also put its Pro Air Express turboprop service on the back burner, said Eric Steinwinder, vice president of marketing. Pro Air Express was a small-city service announced last August. He didn't have a specific number of employees laid off in Detroit but said the job cuts were ``systemwide.'' Steinwinder said about 15 to 20 percent of Pro Air's 440 employees were let go because of the route cancellations. The airline now flies to New York's...
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