Hundreds of flights are being cancelled or delayed as the first French air-traffic control strike of the summer takes hold.

The airline has admitted that what could have been a good month turned out to be a very weak one.

SAS and the striking pilots from Denmark, Norway and Sweden were in negotiations from Wednesday morning, and finally reached a deal.

The situation is fluid, as another round of flights have been cancelled for Thursday and parties go back to the negotiating table.

Since the beginning of the SAS pilot strike on April 26, Norwegian has offered a larger number of flights to meet the demand of passengers experiencing cancellations.

The pilots’ strike continues across Scandinavia, so SAS has opted to cancel more flights in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Members of the Scandinavian pilot unions in SAS Scandinavia have been called out on strike. A total of 673 domestic, European and long-haul flights have been canceled.

Scandanavian Airlines and Swedish, Norwegian and Danish pilots are still negotiating to avert a walkout on April 26.

SAS pilots in Denmark, Norway and Sweden warn that a strike will start on April 26 if mediation between the two sides fails.

Baggage handlers working with flights by low-cost carriers in Copenhagen started a strike today, the airport confirms.

A general strike in the country continues until 22:00 today, shutting down public transport and grounding all flights.

The union Verdi is urging airport security staff at airports across the country to stop work tomorrow.

Airports in Düsseldorf, Cologne-Bonn, Stuttgart and Berlin are seeing many hundreds of flight cancellations.

Planned walkouts have been stopped as the airline inks a deal with unions that changes employee contracts.

No sooner has the New Year holiday passed that strikes are being called in Spain, Italy and Germany.

Separate strikes called to coincide with Christmas are causing uproar among management and passengers alike.

The low-cost giant has clashed with an aviation authority that says the carrier must compensate passengers hit by strikes.

Pilots at the flag carrier’s subsidiary Norra say they may strike, but Finnair has leased a plane from DAT just in case.

The 12-hour shutdown means that bookings, changes and online check-in will not be possible.

The bankrupt Italian flag carrier’s staff demand reassurances about their employer’s future.