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May 10, 2016 (newstodate): It is now a fact that SAS will keep its own ground handling at its three Scandinavian hubs at Copenhagen, Arlanda, and Oslo.
The issue has thus been taken off the agenda in talks with Aviator concerning the outsourcing of SAS' handling at stations in Scandinavia, leaving only ground handling at the Swedish airports at Gothenburg and Malmo on the table in Aviator talks.
The true reason for SAS to exclude the Scandinavian hubs from the agenda seems unclear, however.
In its release on the issue, SAS claims that it decided not to outsource its ground handling at Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm as "the commercial criteria do not exist to warrant a takeover of ground handling at the main airports".
-SAS digitization strategy will enable further streamlining and customer improvements to be made within the sphere of ground operations, which the company considers can be best achieved by itself, the message reads.
The situation comes out somewhat differently in a release from Aviator, published on its website.
-Aviator and SAS did not succeed to agree on the commercial terms for the three hubs Oslo, Copenhagen and Arlanda. Therefore we will not proceed further with the negotiations regarding these three hubs, the statement reads.
The decision has, however, been met with joy by the union organizing the SGH staff.
-We are happy and satisfied to report to our members that we will remain part of the SAS we know today, the union's website says.
Should SAS have persisted in its original decision to outsource also the handling activities at its three hubs to Aviator, industry sources would have expected unions to react strongly with immediate effects on the regularity of SAS flight operations.
The issue has thus been taken off the agenda in talks with Aviator concerning the outsourcing of SAS' handling at stations in Scandinavia, leaving only ground handling at the Swedish airports at Gothenburg and Malmo on the table in Aviator talks.
The true reason for SAS to exclude the Scandinavian hubs from the agenda seems unclear, however.
In its release on the issue, SAS claims that it decided not to outsource its ground handling at Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm as "the commercial criteria do not exist to warrant a takeover of ground handling at the main airports".
-SAS digitization strategy will enable further streamlining and customer improvements to be made within the sphere of ground operations, which the company considers can be best achieved by itself, the message reads.
The situation comes out somewhat differently in a release from Aviator, published on its website.
-Aviator and SAS did not succeed to agree on the commercial terms for the three hubs Oslo, Copenhagen and Arlanda. Therefore we will not proceed further with the negotiations regarding these three hubs, the statement reads.
The decision has, however, been met with joy by the union organizing the SGH staff.
-We are happy and satisfied to report to our members that we will remain part of the SAS we know today, the union's website says.
Should SAS have persisted in its original decision to outsource also the handling activities at its three hubs to Aviator, industry sources would have expected unions to react strongly with immediate effects on the regularity of SAS flight operations.