Airport job losses as flights cut back

TWENTY of the 65 staff at Kerry Airport are to lose their jobs in the wake of controversial cuts in services by Ryanair on the government-backed Kerry to Dublin route.

Redundancies are due to take effect on February 4 and will mainly affect ground crew and customer services personnel.

The workers were informed of the situation by management at a meeting on Tuesday afternoon and SIPTU is to meet the company on Tuesday next.