United Continental Holdings said earlier this week it was looking into outsourcing up to 2,000 jobs across 28 U.S airports to vendors who would provide the services at a lower cost. This is not United’s first attempt at outsourcing ground staff having outsourced nearly 500 jobs in 2013 across 6 airports and a further 635 jobs in 12 airports in 2014. This supports the growing trend of airlines turning to outsourcing to cut costs.

United Airlines outsource 630 jobs across US