SINGAPORE: 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 (SIA) and its SilkAir and Scoot units. Discussions are underway with unions and arrangements will be finalised as soon as possible, the carrier said in a statement yesterday. The International Air Transport Association doesn’t expect passenger traffic to recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2024. Many more are expected in the US after a moratorium on job cuts – one condition of a US$50bil government bailout – is lifted at the end of September.

Source: The Star September 10, 2020 22:40 UTC