Singapore: Singapore Airlines (SIA), facing its first-ever financial loss due to a slump in passenger traffic caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, said yesterday job cuts were inevitable but declined to confirm a report of 2,500 layoffs.
“We have made it clear to all our staff that some degree of retrenchment cannot be avoided,” airline spokeswoman Wendy Wong said.
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