SAS pilots agree on labour deal, end strike

SAS has agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement with Swedish pilot union SPF, drawing an end to a strike that started June 10. “The parties have agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement and all flights in Sweden will resume as soon as possible,” SAS said. SAS was expecting some 240 of its Swedish-pilot operated flights to be canceled June 14 after SPF, acting on behalf of its 400 members, rejected a second mediated bid. “The strike has until today [June 14] resulted in about 1,000 canceled flights and a total of 100,000 passengers affected by the disrupted traffic. The financial effects from the strike are yet too early to quantify,” SAS said. <br/>