Scandinavian airline to axe 4,000 jobs
Scandinavian airline SAS is to axe 4000 jobs – almost 13% of its work force - as it seeks to counter declining passenger numbers and competition from low-cost, no-frills carriers.
SAS, the joint carrier of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, employs nearly 31,000 staff.
The layoffs will affect pilots, cabin crew, ground staff, and staff in its ticket sales, technical services and ground operations, including catering and cleaning, in the three countries that own the company.
Scandinavian Airlines Systems has been in negotiations with 39 separate employee unions about the cuts and said today that 35 agreed to the layoffs, wage freeze and more.
