Aeroflot layoffs: Aeroflot plans to lay off at least 2,000 people
Aeroflot chief executive Vitaly Savelyev, said Wednesday the airline is expected to realize an annual profit in 2009, but plans to lay off 2,000 employees in the next six months, and further plans to make assessment on 4,000 layoffs.
According to Reuters, he said at an investment conference, “the industry trend is still down.” Aeroflot a total of about 15,500 employees. Savelyev also said that the airline may no longer be considered to merge with the European airlines. “Nobody want to merge with us. European law does not allow us to do so,” he said.
Avaya layoffs and Avaya acquisition
After Avaya acquisition of Nortel’s corporate sector, the company will lay off 400 employees
News on September 20, according to The Canadian Press reported today, after Avaya acquired bankrupted Nortel Networks (hereinafter referred to as: Nortel), the corporate sector may lay off 400 employees in Canada.
While Nortel has refused to disclose the total number of its employees and are reluctant to make comments on effect of the transaction, but according to informed sources, the business sector, Nortel in Canada, currently has nearly 1,000 employees. Avaya had bid more than 900 million U.S. dollars to acquire this sector.
An informed source said, the final layoffs of Avaya may not exceed 400 employees. Nortel currently in Canada has a total of about 5,000 employees.
60th anniversary: China will unveil new weapons systems in National Day parade
News on September 16 — 52 types of new weapon systems developed with China’s own technologies, including airborne early warning and control (AEWC) aircraft, will be showcased at the military parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China. Further cutting-edge weaponry would include sophisticated radar, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and satellite communication devices of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Lieutenant General Fang Fenghui, general director of the parade, told Xinhua Wednesday.
The Oct. 1 parade would also show personnel and equipment from the navy, air force and China’s ballistic missile corps, Fang said. Fang did not identify the specific models of the weapon systems but said all of the weapons are tagged: “Made in China”. “They (the weapon systems) embody the ongoing transformation of the PLA from a labor-intensive force to technology-intensive might be capable of joint operations in modern warfare,” said Fang, who is also commander of the PLA’s Beijing Military Area Command.
“The weapon systems to be shown in the parade also showcase the ability of the PLA to carry out diverse military missions,” he said. There will be 56 regiments on the ground and in the air during the parade, symbolizing the country’s 56 ethnic groups marching along the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics in solidarity, Fang said. Fourteen of the regiments will march through Chang’an Avenue on foot, 30 in wheeled transport and 12 will take to the air.
All the troops in the parade will be dressed in PLA 07-type uniforms and most of them are from generations born in the 1980s and 1990s. Compared with the previous military parade on National Day 10 years ago, this one would have less troops and equipment but increased high-tech weaponry and special force units, Fang said.
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