An extortionist SAS pilots' strike: European travellers hit as airline cancels hundreds more flights

Scandinavian airline SAS cancelled nearly 600 flights scheduled for Sunday as a pilots' strike entered its second day, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers.

SAS pilots went on strike on Friday as wage talks broke down, grounding around 70% of the airline's flights and hitting some 170,000 people over the weekend alone.

"We deeply regret that our customers are affected by the ongoing pilot strike," SAS said in a statement on Saturday outlining its flight cancellations for the rest of the weekend.

"Due to the strike another estimated 64,000 passengers will be affected when 587 flights are cancelled across Scandinavia."

SAS has taken steps such as offering free food to passengers waiting to find alternative flights at airports. The carrier, which is part-owned by the Swedish and Danish governments, has said it is prepared to resume negotiations but warned that meeting pilots' demands would have dire consequences for the company.

The aviation industry's employer body in Sweden has said pilots demanded a 13% wage hike, despite what it called already higher-than-average wages of around €8,700 a month.

The SAS Pilot Group, a union body representing 95% of the airline's pilots in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, says that the dispute concerns more than simply wages, pointing to demands for more predictable and transparent working hours.

Analysts at Sydbank have estimated that the strike is costing SAS €54-63 million per day, which would effectively wipe out the airline's expected net profit for the year were the strike to last two weeks.

https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/27/sas-pilots-strike-european-travellers-hit-as-airline-cancels-hundreds-more-flights

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An extortionist SAS pilots' strike: European travellers hit as airline cancels hundreds more flights

An extortionist SAS pilots' strike: European travellers hit as airline cancels hundreds more flights

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