Air Nostrum to cut its fleet, salaries and also move its headquarters

Air Nostrum-Iberia Regional Bombardier CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) EC-JTU (msn 15079) MAD (Ariel Shocron), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Air Nostrum (Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo, S.A.) (Iberia Regional) (Valencia) has announced that it will retire 15 aircraft from service (CRJ200s?). The struggling company also plans a 10% reduction in salaries and will move its Valencia Headquarter to Bilbao, in the Basque Country in northern Spain.

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