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A billboard at Stockholm Arlanda Airport showing flights canceled by SAS. Photo: Henrik Montgomery / TT
About 64,000 pbadengers who planned to travel Sunday will not be able to fly, confirmed the company on Saturday.
"We want nothing more than the parties to resume negotiations as soon as possible so that no more pbadengers are beaten," Freja Annamatz, head of the press, told Swedish newspaper TT.
The strike forced the Scandinavian airline to block about 70 percent of the flights, touching some 34,000 pbadengers on Saturday and costing the airline about 60 to 80 million Swedish kroner a day.
"We need to reach an agreement in the interest of our customers," Rickard Gustafson, CEO of SAS, told TT on Friday.
He said the strike could damage both the company's finances and tarnish its mark. "It is clear that this will not improve our reputation if we do not deliver what we promised our customers."
Rawaz Nermany, president of the Swedish Pilots' Union, told the local that he and his union would only resume talks if they saw clear concessions from the company.
"Until now, they did not want to discuss any of our claims, and this is not a renegotiation, is not it?" Stay seated looking out the window, arms crossed, "he said. "They have to change their position if there is to be a constructive dialogue".
Gustafson is said to be ready to make more concessions to the drivers, but not to the point that SAS becomes uncompetitive. "We have to make sure that the business stays competitive in the long run, otherwise it will not work."
Pbadengers booked on flights on Sunday and Monday that have not yet been canceled are offered compensation if they cancel due to uncertainty. The strike affects all domestic flights, many flights in Europe and some long-distance flights.
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Nermany stated that he and his members were unwilling to set a time limit on the duration of the strike, which means that strikes could possibly continue until next week or even even beyond.
"We do not want to focus on how long strikes can continue," he said. "We are firm in our demands and we expect to see a movement on the part of society before we find ourselves at the negotiating table."
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