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The airline was founded on 1 August 1946 when Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, AB Aerotransport, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway) formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia.
A privately preserved Douglas DC-3 wearing SAS' late 1940s-style markings. The airline was founded on 1 August 1946, when Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB (an airline owned by the Swedish Wallenberg family), Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark and Norway) formed a partnership to handle the combined air traffic of the three ...
In Sweden, Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik (SILA) was founded to start private transatlantic flights, which commenced in 1945. Negotiations were started again, and in 1946 the consortium Overseas Scandinavian Airlines System (OSAS) was established to start routes to New York and South America.
The following is a list of government-owned airlines. The practice of government ownership of airlines, particularly flag carrier airlines, occurs in many countries. The following is a list of both airlines currently owned by a government, and former government-owned airlines.
In August 1946 with Danish Air Lines and Norwegian Air Lines it became a part of a three-airline consortium [5] (later four, with AB Aerotransport) that would eventually merge on 30 June 1948 with a pooled capitalization of $25 million as Scandinavian Airlines. [6] The airline operated Douglas DC-4 [7] and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft.
This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares , usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company .
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines [1] Braathens Regional Airways: DC BRX BRAATHENS Stockholm-Bromma Airport: Braathens Regional Aviation: TF SCW SCANWING Jonair [2] JON JONAIR Umeå Airport: PopulAir [3] HP APF AMAPOLA Stockholm-Arlanda Airport: Norwegian Air Sweden [4] DY NAX NOR SHUTTLE Stockholm-Arlanda Airport: Scandinavian Airlines [5] SK ...
Airbus A320 New Engine Option in the airline's latest livery Airbus A340-300 in the airline's previous and most common livery McDonnell Douglas MD-81 in 1991 in the intermediate "Carlzon livery. This plane would later crash as Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 in 1991. Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), is the national airline of Denmark ...