Cimber cancels flights due to pilot shortage
SAS Danish subsidiary Cimber will cancel 760 services through mid-May as it fights to overcome a shortage of pilots. SAS acquired Cimber in December 2014 to handle regional and short-haul flights on thinner European routes, using a fleet of 12 Bombardier CRJ900s. SAS transferred some pilots over to the new subsidiary, but expansion at the parent company means many are returning, leaving gaps in Cimber’s aircrew workforce. “Some of those pilots had already been with SAS and had it in their contracts the right to come back if expansion occurred,” SAS head of media Knut Morten Johansen said. Instead of trying to plug gaps in schedules as they occurred, he said, a decision was made to cancel the services through May to give some more certainty to services and passengers. <br/>
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Cimber cancels flights due to pilot shortage
SAS Danish subsidiary Cimber will cancel 760 services through mid-May as it fights to overcome a shortage of pilots. SAS acquired Cimber in December 2014 to handle regional and short-haul flights on thinner European routes, using a fleet of 12 Bombardier CRJ900s. SAS transferred some pilots over to the new subsidiary, but expansion at the parent company means many are returning, leaving gaps in Cimber’s aircrew workforce. “Some of those pilots had already been with SAS and had it in their contracts the right to come back if expansion occurred,” SAS head of media Knut Morten Johansen said. Instead of trying to plug gaps in schedules as they occurred, he said, a decision was made to cancel the services through May to give some more certainty to services and passengers. <br/>
