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SAS restores services after four-day cabin crew strike

SAS expects operations to resume today after a pay deal was agreed with two Norwegian cabin crew unions.

An agreement on new collective bargaining arrangements was reached after a four-day strike.

Cabin crew at SAS walked out on Friday after two days of pay talks broke down.


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The airline said a “limited number” of flights were affected, primarily in Norway. 

SAS expects operations to be restored throughout the day. 

“SAS and the Norwegian cabin unions have now concluded mediation and come to an agreement,” the airline said.

“By tomorrow SAS expects the traffic programme to be back to its normal operations.”

Chief of airline services Kjetil Habjorg said: “I am very pleased to report that we now have come to an agreement.

“Finally, we can resume normal operations and fly our customers to their desired destinations and continue our important work going forward. 

“We sincerely apologise to our customers that have been impacted by this strike.

“Today’s agreement means that we now can put our full focus on finalising the restructuring of SAS and set the course to build and grow a profitable airline that can offer world-class travel experience and network to our customers.”

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