SAS strike continues – here’s everything you need to know

Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, is a member of the Star Alliance.

A passenger waits for flight information at Arlanda airport on June 11, 2016 in Sigtuna near Stockholm.

Mediators on Sunday called striking Swedish pilots and employer representatives to the negotiating table, the SAS airline said on the third day of a walkout over wages that has left 50,000 passengers stranded and cost the carrier millions.

According to the statement, the majority of flights involving Swedish pilots will be canceled.

SAS said 220 flights were cancelled on Sunday, including the 12 flights between Oslo and Stockholm.

The negotiations which started already back in April has yet to reach a solution despite the fact that SAS has offered a contract on par with the agreement for the Norwegian pilots concluded yesterday.

The flights that were cancelled were domestic and European flights to Frankfurt, Paris and London, among other destinations, and affect 46,000 passengers.

The Air France strike will continue for three more days.

“Now we have to try to organise our trip to Finland ourselves, our travel insurance from Taiwan won’t cover the cost”, Chun Yang said after five hours in line and still far from the head of the queue. On Saturday, the cancellation will concern 159 flights. It’s the largest airline in Scandinavia. The Swedish pilots’ union has a different view, however.

The pilots demand a new collective agreement, pay rise of 3.5 percent and greater job security.