Scandinavian airline SAS will cancel at least 1,000 flights in April due to high fuel prices, according to CEO Anko van der Werff. The airline has already canceled a couple hundred flights in March. Van der Werff reportedly said the price of aviation fuel has doubled in ten days, and while SAS tries to absorb cost increases, this is a shock hitting the aviation industry directly.
The cancellations primarily affect destinations with many daily departures. SAS earlier stated that around a hundred flights in Norway are being canceled this week, citing fuel prices, but the pilots' union reportedly claims it is due to stalled wage negotiations, according to NTB.
The price of aviation fuel has doubled in ten days, and while SAS tries to absorb cost increases, this is a shock hitting the aviation industry directly.