疫情全球爆發,北歐航空公司裁員90%

Airline SAS will temporarily halt most of its flights from Monday until conditions for commercial aviation improve, it said, as demand for flights has "more or less disappeared".
北歐航空公司稱，從週一開始將暫停大部分航班，直到商業航空狀況好轉，因爲對航班的需求“差不多快消失了”。

Airlines worldwide are cutting flights and costs amid plunging demand and U.S. travel restrictions on European passengers during the coronavirus outbreak.
在新冠肺炎疫情期間，由於需求量驟減，以及美國對歐洲乘客的旅行限制，全球航空公司都在縮減航班，降低成本。

Europe's second biggest airline Lufthansa is reported to have asked for state aid, while IAG's British Airways said it was in a battle for its "survival".
據報道歐洲第二大航空公司漢莎航空已經申請國家補助，同時國際航空集團英國航空公司說自己“生存”困難。

SAS, part-owned by Sweden and Denmark, said on Sunday it would temporary lay off up to 10,000 employees, or 90% of the airline's total workforce.
北歐航空公司部分爲瑞典和丹麥所有，週日該公司說將暫時裁員多達1萬人，佔該航空公司員工總數的90%。

"Demand for flights into, out of, and within Scandinavia has more or less disappeared," chief executive Rickard Gustafson told a press briefing on Sunday.
首席執行官裏卡德·古斯塔夫森週日在新聞發佈會上說：“進出斯堪的那維亞以及島內的航班需求幾近消失。”

"We have to adapt to current circumstances and starting tomorrow, Monday, we will temporary pause a large part of our operations and we will heavily reduce the number of flights in our entire network," he added.
他補充說：“我們不得不適應目前的狀況，從明天，也就是週一開始，我們將暫停大部分業務，並大幅減少整個網絡的航班數量。”

Gustafson said the company had worked in the past few years to improve the financial stability of the company.
古斯塔夫森說在過去幾年裏，公司一直致力於提高財務穩定性。

"Obviously, an airline with no revenue does not stand up for very long, but we have built good financial preparedness and good liquidity so we will manage for a good while," he said.
他說：“顯然，沒有收入的航空公司撐不了多久，但我們已經做好了財務準備，有良好的資金流動性，所以能挺一段時間。”

Gustafson said he welcomed measures announced by the Danish government on Sunday, in which the state covers 75% of employees' salaries in embattled Danish companies if they promise not to cut staff.
週日，古斯塔夫森說很支持丹麥政府宣佈的措施，也就是如果處於困境中的丹麥公司保證不裁員的話，政府會支付75%的員工工資。