– We will start immediately with flights, and there will be full focus on getting it done as quickly as possible. A lot will happen in the first 24 hours, Tonje Sund writes to news. She is press manager at SAS Norway. – As aircraft and crew will be in slightly different places, it will take a couple of days to be in full operation again, Sund continues. After a break in the negotiations last week, SAS and the pilots met again in Stockholm on Wednesday in a new attempt to find a solution. If the parties agree, the strike can end immediately. In the event of a possible solution, SAS explains that in dialogue with, among others, the charter operators, they will map out where the need is greatest and what is practically possible in the first phase. Press manager at SAS Norway, Tonje Sund, says it will take a couple of days before the company is fully operational again. Photo: Vilde Helljesen – It is a large logistics task that will be completed in a short time, but we will get started as soon as possible, Sund writes. She emphasizes that the company must return with further details about the start-up. The Norwegian Pilots ‘Association believes it will take longer The union leader in the Norwegian Pilots’ Association, Aleksander Wasland, however, is not as optimistic about time. – After the strike eventually ends, it will take somewhere between two to five days, depending on which destination is to be served, he says to news. The Norwegian Pilots’ Association organizes around 260 of the striking SAS pilots and “a lot” of those laid off, according to Wasland. The union leader in the Norwegian Pilots’ Association, Aleksander Wasland, estimates that it will take two to five days for SAS to return to normal operation. Photo: Hans Ivar Moss Kolseth / news The union leader points out that some routes can be in operation faster than others. He explains that many aircraft are now parked at the bases in Oslo, Copenhagen and in Stockholm. – And here there are also crew. So the routes from these places will become operational fairly quickly when the strike eventually comes to an end, says Wasland. According to the union leader, the pilots are “very ready” to return to work. – But then the central points in the conflict must be resolved. And that means respect for working life, for agreements entered into and for the Scandinavian model, he emphasizes. Flight analyst estimates three days Flight analyst and associate professor at BI, Espen Andersen, has a similar prediction: – To SAS is completely on schedule again, on all routes, so I would guess that it takes about three days, he says to news. – But for most routes, they will be up and running fairly quickly, he says. Aviation analyst Espen Andersen believes it will take about three days before all SAS aircraft are on schedule again, if the strike ends. Photo: Gunhild Hjermundrud / news Andersen estimates that it is the longest routes that will be in place last. He cites destinations such as Thailand, Japan and the United States as examples. – This is because the planes are most likely in Scandinavia. They then have to leave, you are also not in normal walking again until the return flights also work, he says. Andersen emphasizes that both parties will probably do everything they can to get the planes in the air as quickly as possible. – Absolutely none of the parties in the conflict have any interest in delaying this. So they will start as soon as they can, he says. The money flows out of the SAS coffers SAS has itself estimated that the company will lose 10-13 million dollars per day on the pilot strike. This corresponds to between 100 and 130 million Norwegian kroner daily. – For the company, they lose money for every flight that does not go, so they want to start as soon as possible, Andersen says. – But both for the pilots, who are not paid when they are on strike, and for cabin crew who are on leave, it is also important to get started as soon as possible, he says.
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– Will take a couple of days to be in full operation again – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
