Qantas – 164 jobs cut with engine plant closing

Qantas and its airline partner Lufthansa have confirmed that the decision to close their engine plant at Tullamarine will mean the loss of 164 airline maintenance jobs.

The union which covers many of the employees, the Australian Workers Union, says it hopes it can save the plant along with the jobs.

The Qantas engines which have been maintained there will now be serviced in Germany and Scotland and eventually in Taiwan.

But LTQ Engineering says the plant will close in September while the company is still solvent and able to pay employee entitlements…

via PM – Qantas engine plant to close, 164 jobs cut 26/07/2012.