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SAS baggage handlers on strike at Copenhagen airport

Xinhua, February 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Baggage handlers of Scandinavian Airlines, or SAS, went on a strike Tuesday at Copenhagen Airport, creating delays for all flights operated by the airline, the airport said in a statement.

It however did not disclose how many aircraft were affected.

The press officer of SAS Trine Kromann Mikkelsen confirmed the strike, saying this is an illegal work stoppage.

"We have asked the union representatives to immediately get people back to work," she was cited as saying by Danish broadcaster TV2.

The workers who were on strike are unsatisfied with an agreement made in autumn 2014, according to Mikkelsen.

This is the third strike by SAS Ground Handling crew members since June.

The airport said in the statement that it is working to ensure that the remainder of the traffic can continue as planned. Endit