# EXCLUSIVE: AirBaltic in talks with unions to cut workers amid restructuring, CEO says

https://mins.news/en/item/57699

- Reuters, 2026-09-14 13:10 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/airbaltic-talks-with-unions-cut-workers-amid-restructuring-ceo-says-2026-09-14/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aa7f234a4391a0001265535

> AirBaltic is negotiating with labor unions on an “adjustment in the workforce,” CEO Erno Hilden told Reuters on Monday. The Latvian carrier had announced that it was voluntarily entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings as part of its restructuring.

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