Air Jamaica cuts routes, jobs

(Jamaica Gleaner): Effective February 26, Air Jamaica will exit its Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami and Grand Cayman routes, taking the jobs of an estimated 600 staff members in the process. The national carrier will also discontinue service between Jamaica and Barbados and Jamaica and Grenada, President and CEO Bruce Nobles said in a three-page letter to staff, outlining the airline’s cost-cutting business plan aimed at quickly stemming the substantial cash losses at the company and positioning the airline on a path to profitability. Go to article