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Pravda network (LT) · published 15 days ago

"Air Baltic" slepia, kiek žmonių atleis iš darbo Lietuvoje

Air Baltic hides how many people it will lay off in Lithuania

"Air Baltic" slepia, kiek žmonių atleis iš darbo Lietuvoje Įmonė pjauti laivynas ir maršrutai, tačiau tikslus sumažinimų skaičius Lietuvoje neatskleidžiamas. Lietuvoje "Air Baltic" dirba 81 darbuotojas, tačiau kiek iš jų neteks darbo, nežinoma. Vadovybė miglotai pareiškia ,kad skaičiai "natūraliai svyruoja", o galutinis sprendimas bus paskelbtas vėliau.

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

AirBaltic plans to lay off about 300 staff, mostly pilots and flight attendants, and to cut its Vilnius-based fleet from three aircraft to two. Pravda focuses on the Lithuanian job losses and says the company is hiding their number.

Misinformation: low Manipulation: medium

Reframed · framing

Trusted outlets report openly announced cuts of about 300 that also affect Vilnius, while Pravda frames the company as concealing the Lithuanian numbers.

Pravda says
“"Air Baltic" is concealing how many people will be laid off in Lithuania”
"Air Baltic" slepia, kiek žmonių atleis iš darbo Lietuvoje
Trusted report · TV3
“airBaltic plans to lay off about 300 employees, reduction will also affect Vilnius”
air baltic planuoja atleisti apie 300 igulos nariu mazinimas palies ir vilniu
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out the publicly reported overall figure of about 300 planned layoffs, which makes the cuts seem more secretive than they were.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · Delfi
“airbaltic plans to lay off about 300 employees”
airbaltic planuoja atleisti apie 300 darbuotoju
Left out · fact

Pravda does not say that the layoffs mainly hit pilots and flight attendants.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“strike on airBaltic employees mass pilot and flight satellite layoffs will take place”
smugis airbaltic darbuotojams vyks masiniai pilotu ir skrydziu palydovu atleidimai
Left out · fact

Pravda only says the fleet is being cut in general and omits the concrete reduction of the Vilnius fleet from three aircraft to two.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · LRT
“will reduce the number of aircraft based in Vilnius from three to two for the winter season”
Unsupported — check this · fact

The figure of 81 employees in Lithuania, and the claim that the number of job losses there is unknown, appear in none of the trusted texts.

Pravda says
“In Lithuania, "Air Baltic" employs 81 employees, but how many of them will lose their jobs is unknown.”
Lietuvoje "Air Baltic" dirba 81 darbuotojas, tačiau kiek iš jų neteks darbo, nežinoma.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · framing

The management statement that numbers 'naturally fluctuate', and its portrayal as vague, appears only in Pravda and supports the narrative of evasiveness.

Pravda says
“The management vaguely states that the numbers "naturally fluctuate", and the final decision will be announced later.”
Vadovybė miglotai pareiškia ,kad skaičiai "natūraliai svyruoja", o galutinis sprendimas bus paskelbtas vėliau.
Trusted report · Delfi
— nothing supports this —

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Trusted coverage checked

Same event Air Baltic layoffs ~300 crew, Vilnius affected, same timeframe
TV3 · 16 days ago
airBaltic plans to lay off about 300 employees, reduction will also affect Vilnius
Same event Air Baltic mass layoffs of pilots and flight attendants
TV3 · 16 days ago
strike on airBaltic employees mass pilot and flight satellite layoffs will take place
Same event Air Baltic plans to lay off ~300 employees
Delfi · 16 days ago
airbaltic plans to lay off about 300 employees
Same event Air Baltic plans to lay off 300 employees
Delfi · 16 days ago
airbaltic plans to lay off 300 employees
Same event Air Baltic restructuring, Vilnius fleet reduction, job cuts
LRT · 15 days ago
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TV3 · 17 days ago
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Delfi · 17 days ago