SAS, EasyJet pilots join air France as Europe hit by strikes

Swedish pilots flying for SAS prolonged a walkout over pay to a fifth day, joining cockpit crews at Air France-KLM in hampering travel in the opening week of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. SAS will cancel 240 flights Tuesday, after 230 domestic Swedish and European services were scrapped Monday, bringing the total to 889 since Friday and affecting more than 100,000 passengers. The strike involves 400 members of the SPF union in a two-month-old dispute about salary and working hours. Flights operated by Danish and Norwegian pilots, partner airlines and long-haul services will operate, the airline said. Pilots flying for EasyJet also plan to stop work Tuesday at Amsterdam Schiphol from 6 am to 2 pm, after labour leaders and the airline failed to agree on a contract for cockpit crews operating from the hub. <br/>