Thread: NONREV ALERT...SAS To go on Strike

In a summer that has already proved nightmarish for travelers across Europe, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will now add to that frustration by canceling up to half of its scheduled flights because of a pilot strike.


The failure to agree a deal with the pilots’ unions will see approximately 30,000 passengers affected every day on domestic and international flights in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. A total of 900 pilots will be withdrawn from work across Scandinavia, with up to half of those in Norway.

It’s not yet clear exactly which SAS departures will be canceled, but affected passengers will be contacted by SMS. Flights operated by the relatively new subsidiaries SAS Link and SAS Connect are not affected. Flights operated on a “wet lease” basis by Air Baltic, CityJet and XFLY are also unaffected.

It’s also not at all clear how long the strike will last, as mediation efforts look set to continue.

SAS in big trouble

In a statement confirming the strike, SAS said the move from the pilots unions’ is “reckless” and puts the future of the company at stake. SAS CEO Anko van der Werff said the unions are demonstrating a “shockingly low understanding of the critical situation that SAS is in.”


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