The operator of Canada's largest airport is cutting the size of its workforce by 27 per cent due to a reduction of traffic at Toronto's Pearson Airport.
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority announced Tuesday that 500 positions to be eliminated, including 300 that will involve layoffs and voluntary departures.have fallen to 1996 operating levels since the pandemic slowed the amount of air travel.Story continues below advertisement
“This reduction in force is a difficult but necessary step, and one that we take with great sadness,” GTAA president and CEO Deborah Flint said in a statement.
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