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SAS strike hurts passengers - plus more Scandinavian woes

SAS strike hurts passengers – plus more Scandinavian woes

Scandinavian Airline Systems (SAS) on April 26 has had to cancel 673 flights after its pilots opted to strike. It has left thousands of passengers stranded around the world. Only SAS Ireland and its subcontracted airlines were able to operate.

The cancellations follow after union Svensk Pilotförening (SPF) – with support from members in Norway and Denmark – called out for the strike. The union…

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Boeing MAX: the struggle between facts versus public opinion

Boeing MAX: the struggle between facts versus public opinion

Within an hour after the news broke of the tragic loss of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 and without a single piece of evidence as to what caused the crash, quite a few people on social media had drawn their conclusion: “Ground the MAX fleet!”.

Although it is highly unlikely that Chinese authorities have been influenced by this outpour, on March 11 they actually followed suit: the Civil Aviation…

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Icelandair aims to recover from difficult 2018

Icelandair aims to recover from difficult 2018

Icelandair is confident it can recover from “a challenging” 2018, in which the airline posted a net loss of $55.6m compared to a $37.5m profit in 2017. The challenges were partly self-inflicted, as some strategic mistakes on routing and sales and marketing have cost the airline dear.

A small airline based on a small island with few citizens, Icelandair has been able to secure itself a share of…

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