philadelphia - located delta air lines announced plans to cut 7 , 000 to 9 , 000 workforce by the conclusion of 2007 , approximately 17 % of its employees . ceo gerald mullin will take a 25 % pay cuts . executives have their paid lowered by 15 % . other personnel will have their salaries raised by 7 to 10 % . personnel that make less than $ 25 , 000 a year will not be affected by these work cuts . delta has already cancelled leases on 40 operations and they plan to increase its fleet by at least 80 more . they plan to reduce domestic performance by 15 to 20 percent and enhance international capacity by 25 percent .
European Airlines are cutting jobs.