Communications consultant Eline Hyggen Skari in Norwegian confirms to news that at around 3pm on Friday they decided to stop selling Flex tickets. – The consequences are that people do not show up and we go with empty planes, says Skari. This applies to holidays and leisure trips, both to Spain, Split and France. Norwegian removed the ticket category On Thursday, the SAS pilots’ unions delivered terminations for almost 900 pilots in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. If the attempt at mediation does not succeed, it will go on strike from 29 June. Thousands of passengers will then be affected. According to TT, there will be 250 departures and 45,000 passengers every day. Fearing that the summer holidays would be missed, many passengers took action. Several booked a flight ticket twice for fear that their trip with SAS would be canceled in the event of a strike. Canceled flights due to strikes are a fear many people feel when the strike occurs just before the joint holiday. Photo: Tore Ellingseter / news – The last 24 hours have seen an extra increase in sales of our most flexible tickets, Flex, especially for departures after 28 June, which may indicate double bookings, said Grete Roald, communications director at Norwegian then. She pointed out that they do not have a large surplus of tickets this summer. – We therefore hope that it is not the case that too many people like seats that they end up not using, which in turn leads to others not being allowed to travel at all. But then the airline turned around. They removed the opportunity to buy flex tickets. – We are affected by the uncertainty surrounding SAS’s traffic program. We therefore now choose to remove this ticket category at some destinations – including in France, Spain and Croatia, says Communications Advisor Eline Hyggen Skari. Do not think there will be a strike Fellesforbundet will meet the employers in NHO Luftfart at the Ombudsman on Monday 20 June, with a deadline of midnight the same day. And it is not certain that the dispute will be resolved if the pilots are satisfied. In addition, there is mediation for aircraft workers, which includes ground crews such as aircraft technicians, mechanics, housekeepers, drivers and cleaning personnel. Hans Jørgen Elnæs, aviation analyst at Winair AS thinks there is not much chance of a strike as Denmark has said that they will take a larger stake in SAS Photo: news Hans Jørgen Elnæs, aviation analyst at Winair AS, however, is not so sure that will be on strike. – I think there is a greater chance that there will be no strike, than that there will be a strike. Especially now after Denmark has said that they will take a larger stake in SAS, says Elnæs. He points out that there are many who can be left with the beard in the mailbox if they have double booked. – If you buy tickets that are non-refundable and there is no strike in SAS, you suddenly have two tickets. Then you are likely to get a loss on the ticket you do not get used. Bad business for the airlines The flight analyst nevertheless emphasizes that SAS has informed that they will cancel 4,000 routes in the period May to August / September because they lack a number of crew and have not been delivered all the aircraft they are supposed to have. – How can it affect the aviation market that people buy double tickets to one destination? – It will be a bad business for the airlines which will then have the new bookings canceled. For example, if a lot of flexible tickets are booked with Norwegian and it turns out at the end of June that there will be no strike in SAS and the market chooses to cancel many of the Norwegian tickets, the flight analyst explains. – Then Norwegian has a challenge to sell those tickets at the end of July. – Can there be a shortage of tickets in the market? – If demand increases, prices will normally go up. Technical solutions are used to ensure that you get the most for the best-selling ticket. In the end, the planes end up being sold out, says Elnæs. To those sitting on the fence, he advises to pay close attention to the media and information from the airlines. Rights apply regardless The Consumer Council reminds people that the rights you have when flights are canceled or delayed also apply in the event of a strike. Thomas Iversen, senior legal adviser at the Consumer Council, says you have the right to be rebooked. Thomas Iversen, senior legal adviser at the Consumer Council, says that the rights you have when flights are canceled also apply in the event of a strike. Photo: The Consumer Council – The rights you have are the same. If the flight is canceled, you have the right to be rebooked as soon as possible, or you can choose to get your money back. This also applies if the delay is more than five hours. The compensation does not occur if cancellation or delays are due to circumstances beyond the company’s control – such as bad weather or airspace restrictions. – But a strike in your own company is not such a circumstance, says Iversen. The clear advice from the Consumer Council is to use a credit card when booking airline tickets. If the airline for payment problems, the customer will be able to get the money back from the card company. It can be a meager consolation for those who may not get on the long-awaited trip south. The Consumer Council has an online service that helps to calculate the compensation.
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Norwegian removes flex tickets before possible strike in SAS – news Nordland
