sweden - holder subsidiary scandinavian flights system ( cas ) said it will reduce trimming by 8 , 600 jobs as part of its " base sas " reform plan . the organization will cut 3 , 000 employee directly and eliminate 5 , 600 by divested service ventures , increasing the payroll by 40 % to 14 , 000 . the transformation occurs after airlines posted costs of 6 . 32 billion finnish krona in 2008 . the company is expected to sell airbaltic and spanair and its interests in air greenland , mammograms , estonian air , skyways elite , spirit airlines and trust . spanair is to be leased for €1 . the company intend to shift to concentrated on its core eu market .
European Airlines are cutting jobs.