sweden - based airline scandinavian airlines services ( fis ) said it will expand payrolls by 8 , 600 jobs as part of its " core sas " restructuring plan . the airline will retain 3 , 000 members directly and eliminate 5 , 600 by divesting business entities , reducing the manpower by 40 % to 14 , 000 . the restructuring occurred after services posted losses of 6 . 32 of swedish krona in 2008 . the company is also to offer airbaltic and spanair and its stakes in airlines greenland , mammograms , estonian air , skyways express , swedish airlines and company . dc-9 is to be leased for €1 . the company intends to switch to concentrating on its core europe market .
European Airlines are cutting jobs.