Cessna Aircraft Company, the biggest maker of corporate jets in the United States, is planning another round of layoffs as well as reductions in production.

Duncan Aviation, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, the United States, has announced that it will lay off workers across the United States in view of the fall in use of business aircraft amidst the global economic recession.

The Boeing Company, the major aircraft-manufacturer based in the United States, has decided to cut 90 jobs within a week.

American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, says it is planning to lay off up to 410 flight attendants on April 1, 2009, “unless the carrier can get, by March 6, 2009, sufficient number of volunteers to take leaves, early departures or other steps to reduce their ranks.”

Boeing Co., world's second largest airplane maker announced 10,000 job cuts or around 6 present of its workforce in 2009. This includes the 4,500 job cuts the company announced on January 9 this year.

UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Airlines, headquartered in Chicago, the United States, has reported that its fourth-quarter net losses have risen because of increased fuel-hedging losses and declining revenue.

GE Aviation, the jet-engine manufacturing unit of the United States-based General Electric Company, says it will remove 1,000 white-collar workers in 2009. With this, we think we can officially declare the 2009 job cut season open!