atlanta - based delta air lines announced plans to cut 7 , 000 to 9 , 000 workers by the end of 2007 , approximately 17 % of its employees . shareholder gerald grinstein will take a 25 % pays cut . executives have their pay reduce by 15 % . other staff will have their pay increased by 7 to 10 % . employees that make less than $ 25 , 000 a day will not be influenced by these pay cuts . they has now cancelled flights on 40 employees and they plan to reduce its workforce by at least 80 more . they planned to reduce total capability by 15 to 20 percent and increases international capacity by 25 percent .
European Airlines are cutting jobs.