stockholmscandinavian airline sas ab carried 1325 million passengers in july down 32 from 1946 million passengers in june as a result of the 15day pilot strike during the month more than 3700 flights were cancelled in july and 380000 passengers were affected by the pilot strike that concluded on july 19 however the number of passengers in july was above the 1079 million the same month a year earlier when traffic figures were still weighed by the covid19 pandemic we are happy operations returned to normality again sas chief executive anko van der werff said we also continue executing our restructuring plan sas forward and filed for chapter 11 in the us on 5th of july to accelerate the transformation process that will lead to a financially stable airline he added