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The state-controlled flag carrier announced in
January a major restructuring after posting operating losses for
seven consecutive quarters. It is also looking at selling
non-core assets.
The voluntary retirement scheme will exclude pilots and cabin
crew, and applicants must be 50 years old or more, the official
told Reuters. He declined to be identified as he is not
authorized to speak to media.
The scheme offers compensation of at least 30 months of wages,
local media reported, citing Kanok Thongpurk, the airline's
vice-president for human resources and management.
This year's 2,000 job cuts come on top of an undisclosed number
targeted in a separate early retirement plan that was announced
late last year, they added.
(Reporting by Manunphattr Dhanananphorn; Writing by Khettiya
Jittapong; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
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