Denmark ready to forgive debt and increase its ownership stake in SAS
The Danish government wants to help SAS survive and wants to increase its stake. But it also demands contributions from other parties. “We agree that…
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Minister: SAS will not receive more money from the Swedish state
The Swedish state will not give more money to the crisis-stricken airline SAS, Sweden’s Minister of Trade and Industry Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson said on Tuesday. The…
The Norwegian state could become a part-owner of SAS – again
Four years after the Norwegian state sold its share in SAS, the government could reenter the ownership structure of the airline. The state’s crisis loan…
SAS reports major losses in first quarter of 2022
The airline SAS had a loss before tax of more than SEK 1.5 billion in the first quarter of the year, according to the quarterly…
Pilots take SAS to Norwegian Labour Court
The LO and the SAS Pilots’ Association are taking SAS to the Labor Court due to what they believe are illegal violations of working life…
SAS reports strong passenger figures but remains alert due to “prevailing uncertainties”
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) reported strong figures for March – around 1.4 million passengers traveled with the company last month, the highest number since the pandemic…
Post-pandemic record: 1.4 million passengers traveled with SAS in March
Around 1.4 million passengers traveled with SAS in March, the highest number since the pandemic broke out in March 2020. That is an increase of…
From Monday, Norwegian will remove facemask requirements on all flights
From Monday, Norwegian will remove facemask requirements on all its flights. SAS will do the same, with the exception of flights to the USA, China,…
SAS increases summer route offer, up to 350 weekly departures between Scandinavia and Spain planned
Due to increasing demand, SAS is increasing the number of direct routes this summer. The airline will meet the new demand with more than 200…
Expensive jet fuel could cost SAS billions
The war in Ukraine has put pressure on energy prices, including jet fuel. That could give SAS and other airlines extra costs of several billion…
SAS reports increase in passenger numbers
A total of 946,000 people traveled with SAS in February. That is 186,000 more than in January, when 760,000 passengers flew with the company. The…
SAS plans to cut billions in costs a year
The airline SAS wants to cut costs by 7.5 billion Swedish kroner annually as a part of its new SAS Forward plan. SAS wants to…
SAS cancels weekly flight between Norway and Kyiv
SAS is canceling its weekly flight between Norway and the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It will avoid flying in the country’s airspace in the coming days….
Copenhagen Airport Kastrup strike: SAS calls in help from Norway and Sweden
SAS used administration employees and called in help from Norway and Sweden to handle the luggage at Copenhagen Airport Kastrup. The company resorted to extraordinary…
Around 760,000 passengers traveled with SAS in January
Around 760,000 passengers traveled with SAS in January, an increase of 170% from the same month in 2021. From December to January, however, a decrease…
One million passengers traveled with SAS in December
In December last year, SAS registered a passenger growth of over 150% compared with the same month the year before. A total of 997,000 passengers…
SAS forced to cancel departures due to high sickness absence related to COVID-19
SAS has canceled around 60 flights on Tuesday and Wednesday due to high levels of sickness absence associated with COVID-19. According to the airline’s website,…
1.3 million passengers traveled with SAS in November
1.3 million passengers traveled with SAS in November, an increase of 300% from the previous year. SAS reports that it has increased its capacity by…
Norwegian, SAS, Flyr, and Widerøe are introducing mandatory use of face masks on flights
Multiple airlines are introducing face mask requirements on their flights. On Thursday, SAS announced that face masks would be required on its flights. On Friday,…
SAS reintroduces mandatory use of face masks on all flights
SAS is introducing the mandatory use of face masks on domestic flights and flights in Scandinavia. The new rules apply from Monday. In a press…
