SAS cancels 1,700 flights following pilot strike

Scandinavian Airways (SAS) has cancelled 1,700 flights scheduled in September and October following a 15-day pilot strike in July and delayed plane deliveries, the service mentioned on Friday.

The Stockholm-based service grounded some 3,700 flights throughout final month’s strike motion, which ended on 19 July after an settlement was reached with 4 unions representing pilots in a drawn-out pay dispute.

The service mentioned affected travellers have been knowledgeable and re-booked to different flights, in line with a Reuters report.

“It’s the results from the strike but additionally delayed deliveries of plane and another elements,” a SAS spokesperson mentioned.

SAS earlier this month secured US$700 million (€696 million) in bridge financing with Apollo International Administration after it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within the US on 05 July, a day after the strike started. 

The economic motion triggered roughly 3,700 flight cancellations in July, with some 380,000 passengers affected.

The airline beforehand mentioned the strike had “severely impacted” its liquidity and monetary place, with the general monetary affect anticipated to exceed US$145 million.