Scandinavian Airlines System

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Norway
Region
Norge; Oslo og Viken;
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(29 - 30) Manufacture for transport equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
121 - 171 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
3 December 2009
Employment effect (start)
4 December 2009
Foreseen end date
4 March 2010

Description

SAS Norway, the country's largest airline, is to cut 121 jobs. The airline is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Group and currently employs around 3500 people. SAS Norway's management reached in November an agreement with the labour union for the cabin crew to offer redundancy payments for cabin crew workers. The 3. of December the company announced that they withdrew this offer, and rather dissmiss 121 workers. The labour union called the dissmissals a breach of their agreement.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Scandinavian Airlines System, Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 69957, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69957.