Menzies Aviation to cut 137 ground-handling jobs at LAX
SOURCEOFFICIAL FILINGCalifornia Employment Development Department· filed October 5, 2026View the filing ↗
What we know
Location: Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA, United States (Los Angeles County).
Department affected: ground handling.
A WARN notice for this layoff is recorded on October 5, 2026.
Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the CA state workforce agency.
Summary
Menzies Aviation is cutting 137 jobs at Los Angeles International Airport, reducing its ground-handling workforce at LAX. The article reports this specific reduction of 137 positions without giving an exact effective date. The cuts affect staff working in ground-handling operations at the airport; the piece frames the move as a company workforce reduction tied to operations at LAX. No separate planned future round or broader company-wide number is provided, nor is a precise timeline or severance detail specified in the article.
Menzies Aviation disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice recorded by the CA state workforce agency on October 5, 2026. The notice covers 137 employees in World Way Los Angeles, CA (Los Angeles County), with the layoff effective November 19, 2026.
That is roughly 0.6% of the 22,000 people Menzies Aviation employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 4 layoff events at Menzies Aviation since October 2024, including 398 jobs documented in official WARN filings.
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