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Feb 3, 2009 (newstodate): Prior to the announcment by the SAS Group of its depressing 2008 results, the future of the airline has already been mapped out under the headline Core SAS.
SAS will lay off a total of 3,000 staff and outsource another 5,600 employees, turning the company from a comprehensive international carrier to a carrier focussed on serving its Nordic home market with air transportation, especially targetting business travellers.
From 2009, Core SAS will focus on the Nordic home market, sell shares in Spanair, airBaltic, Spirit, Air Greenland, BMI, Estonian Airways, Skyways, the GSA arm Cubic and the freight forwarding company Trust, sell, outsource or close down parts of SAS Ground Services, SAS Technical Services as well as SAS Cargo, slim the current route network and make further cuts in aircraft fleet.
SAS will lay off a total of 3,000 staff and outsource another 5,600 employees, turning the company from a comprehensive international carrier to a carrier focussed on serving its Nordic home market with air transportation, especially targetting business travellers.
From 2009, Core SAS will focus on the Nordic home market, sell shares in Spanair, airBaltic, Spirit, Air Greenland, BMI, Estonian Airways, Skyways, the GSA arm Cubic and the freight forwarding company Trust, sell, outsource or close down parts of SAS Ground Services, SAS Technical Services as well as SAS Cargo, slim the current route network and make further cuts in aircraft fleet.