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

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The closure of the reservationb center will affect685 jobs, 100 of which will be eliminated, said companuy spokeswoman Kelly Cripe. Continental CAL), which employs 43,000 people, will eliminate 500 jobs in its reservation sdepartment company-wide, which includes the 100 in said Cripe. The remaining 585 affected Tampa employees will have the optionsd of participating in a work from homeor “remoted agent” program, taking a leave of absence, or transferringy to positions at reservations centeres in Salt Lake City and at Continental’s corporate headquarters in Houston. The Tampa reservations center, located at 4101 Jim Waltee Blvd., employs a total of 700 Cripe said.
Those unaffected employees already work in the remoteragent program. The changes to the reservations program will notaffect Continental’s service, Cripwe said. Continental reported a net lossof $136 or $1.10 per share, on revenue of $2.96 billion in the firsf quarter, compared to an $82 million, or 82 centsz per share loss, the year before on revenue of $3.577 billion. Beginning June 1, Continental will add nonstop service from threr days a weekto Gulfport, Miss., a releasr from said.