Singapore Airlines Ltd. is eliminating about 4,300 jobs as it contends with the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the aviation industry.
The cuts will be made at Singapore Airlines and its SilkAir and Scoot units. Discussions are underway with unions and arrangements will be finalized as soon as possible, the carrier said in a statement late Thursday.
“Having to let go of our valuable and dedicated people is the hardest and most agonizing decision that I have had to make in my 30 years with SIA,” Chief Executive Officer Choon Phong Goh said in the statement. “The next few weeks will be some of the toughest in the history of the SIA Group.”
