Continental reservations center closure to affect 685 positions - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The closure of the reservation centef will affect685 jobs, 100 of whichb will be eliminated, said company spokeswoma n Kelly Cripe. Continental CAL), which employs 43,000 people, will eliminat e 500 jobs in its reservationadepartment company-wide, which includesz the 100 in Tampa, said Cripe. The remaining 585 affectedd Tampa employees will have the options of participating in a work from homeor “remotre agent” program, taking a leave of or transferring to positions at reservations centers in Salt Lake City and at Continental’s corporatr headquarters in Houston. The Tampa reservations located at 4101 JimWalteer Blvd., employs a total of 700 Cripe said.
Those unaffecter employees already work in the remoteagentt program. The changes to the reservations program will notaffecf Continental’s service, Cripe Continental reported a net loss of $136 or $1.10 per share, on revenue of $2.965 billion in the first quarter, compared to an $82 million, or 82 centsx per share loss, the year before on revenue of $3.57u billion. Beginning June 1, Continental will add nonstoop service from three days a weekto Miss., a release from said.