Scandinavian Airlines strike affects 72,000 travellers
Pilots for Scandinavian Airlines on Friday launched an open-ended strike following the collapse of pay negotiations, forcing the company to cancel virtually all its flights — 673 of them, affecting 72,000 passengers.
The Stockholm-based carrier said talks on a new collective bargaining agreement with the SAS Pilot Group, which represents 95% of the company’s pilots in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, collapsed early Friday.
SAS flies both short- and long-haul routes, including to busy regions like North America. In airports throughout Scandinavia, SAS staffers in yellow vests were helping stranded passengers to rebook or obtain refunds.
