User:Scandinavianair
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| Scandinavian Airline System (SAS | ||
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| IATA SK |
ICAO SAS |
Callsign Scandinavian |
| Founded | 1946 | |
| Frequent flyer program | EuroBonus | |
| Member lounge | Departures Lounge | |
| Alliance | Star Alliance | |
| Fleet size | 226 | |
| Destinations | 97 | |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Copenhagen, Stockholm | |
| Key people | {{{key_people}}} | |
| Website: http://www.scandinavian.net | ||
[edit] Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines was founded in 1946 bu Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL), Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL) and Sveriges Interkontinentale Aero Selskap (SIAS). Operations started in September 1946 with European destinations. In 1951 the airline was dividated to SAS Denmark (28,6%), SAS Norway (28,6&) and SAS Sweden (42,8%). In 1954 SAS started the worlds first intercontinental route. It was from Copenhagen to Los Angeles, and it became wery popular. Later that year SAS opened several routes to East-Asia as well.
SAS almost got monopoly on all domestic routes in the three countries by aquiring full partial control of local airlines. In 1997 SAS formed the global alliance Star Alliance together with Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai airways and United Airlines. In 2004 SAS bought the Norwegian flag carrier Braathens, and SAS was divided into 4 different companies:
SAS International
SAS Sweden
SAS Denmark
SAS Braathens
[edit] Destinations
SAS serves several destinations world over. Under is a list who shows them.
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Asia: 5 destinations
Beijing - Shanghai - Tokyo - Bangkok - Singapore
Africa: 1 destination
Cairo
Europe: 84 destinations
Vienna - Brussels - Prague - Århus - Aalborg - Billund - Copenhagen - Tallinn - Helsinki - Tampere - Nice - Paris - Berlin - Düsseldorf - Frankfurt - Hamburg - Hanover - Munich - Nuremberg - Stuttgart - Athens - Budapest - Reykjavik - Dublin - Bolgona - Florence - Milan -Naples - Rome - Venice - Vilnius - Amsterdam - Ålesund - Alta - Bergen - Bodø - Harstad/Narvik - Haugesund - Kirkenes - Kristiansand - Kristiansund - Molde - Oslo - Stavanger - Tromsø - Trondheim - Longyarbyen - Gdansk -Poznan - Warsaw - Lisbon - Moscow - Saint Petersburg - Allicante - Barcelona - Madrid - Málaga - Las Palmas - Arvidsjaur - Gothenburg - Helsingborg -Kalmar - Kiruna - Luleå - Malmö - Örnsköldsvik - Ronneby - Skellefteå - Stockholm - Sundsval - Umeå - Växjö - Geneva - Zurich - Poznan - Zagreb - Istanbul - Aberdeen - Birmingham - Edinburgh - London - Manchester - Newcastle - Chania - Sarajevo - Bucuresti - Belfast
Middle east: 1 destination
Beirut
North-America: 4 destinations
Chicago - New York - Seattle - Washington D.C.
[edit] Fleet
| Type | Number | Seats | Notes |
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| Airbus A340-300 | 7 | 261 | |
| Airbus A330-300 | 4 | 261 | |
| Airbus A321-200 | 8 | 184 | |
| Airbus A319-200 | 4 | 121 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 12 | 132-179 | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 27 | 131-134 | |
| Boeing 737-600 | 27 | 95-123 | |
| Boeing 737-500 | 14 | 120 | |
| Boeing 737-300 | 4 | 150 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 15 | 120 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 25 | 141-145 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | 9 | 141-145 | |
| deHavilland Q400 | 24 | 58-72 | |
| Fokker F-50 | 6 | 50 |
