The decision has been made: Easyjet reaches an agreement with employees and unions on the announced downsizing in Berlin. There is good news for the workforce: The job cuts are less than feared.

The negotiations on the Berlin base have been going on for almost four months. Easyjet wanted to withdraw due to the corona pandemic and reduce the offer, only the extent and the conditions had to be determined. This has now happened: the Berlin fleet will be almost halved from December - from 34 to 18 aircraft from the A320 family. In terms of jobs, the originally planned cut from 738 of the current 1.500 jobs in Berlin has been limited to 418, such as airliners.de reported.

First of all, those who want to voluntarily leave the company would be considered. Compulsory redundancies should only be used if necessary. For those who don't have to go, the first thing to do is take a deep breath. You can now stay on through the current short-time work until at least June 2021. Then they will meet again to decide whether these employees can be retained.