Virgin America will fly fewer flights and offer employee leaves to cut costs for a slow winter
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Airlines are looking towards an austere winter and airfares will likely increase should other airlines follows Virgin’s proactive solutions.
Virgin America Inc., the low-fare airline partly owned by U.K. billionaire Richard Branson, will trim capacity by 3 percent in the first quarter and is offering voluntary short-term leave to employees to cut costs in the seasonally weak winter period.
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"] Virgin looks to cut flights and employees during slow winter months. Photo by InSapphoWeTrust.[/caption]
The January to March period is “challenging” for the industry, especially because Virgin America’s coast-t
