SAS reaches agreement with Norwegian cabin crew unions

SAS and the Norwegian cabin unions, NKF and SNK, have this morning reached an agreement on new collective bargaining agreements.

SAS and the Norwegian cabin unions have now concluded mediation and come to an agreement. During the four-day strike a limited number of flights were affected primarily in Norway. By tomorrow SAS expects the traffic program to be back to its normal operations.

“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,” says Kjetil Håbjørg, Chief Airline Services in SAS. “We sincerely apologize to our customers that have been impacted by this strike,” continues Håbjørg.

“Today’s agreement means that we now can put our full focus on finalizing 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,” says Håbjørg.

“This is a big and important win for our members,” Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions leader Joern Eggum said in a statement, adding that workers had won concessions on pay and other conditions.

The airline is expecting operations to be restored throughout the day.

SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline since 1946, operates from its principal hub at Copenhagen Airport (CPH), complemented by hubs in Oslo (OSL) and Stockholm (ARN). Each year, the airline serves more than 25 million passengers and transports 55 tons of cargo to 135 destinations across Europe, the USA, and Asia.