OSLO, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Norwegian Air reported a rise in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, boosted by recovery from the pandemic and a pilot strike at rival SAS , but said it would reduce capacity by a quarter during the winter months.

The July-September net profit rose to 910 million crowns ($87.57 million) from a year-ago profit of 169 million, Norwegian said. (Reporting by Gwladys Fouche, editing by Terje Solsvik)