Scandinavian Airlines System, now SAS AB, was founded in 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. The companies then started coordination of European operations in 1948 and finally merged to form the current SAS Consortium in 1951.
SAS Airbus A340-300
SAS MD-82
SAS Boeing 737-600
SAS is currently the leading carrier in the Nordic countries, and is also a founding member of the Star Alliance. It operates out of two primary hubs, the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and the Copenhagen Airport in Kastrup. Oslo Airport is serviced mainly with connections from the Swedish and Danish SAS hubs. The SAS fleet has 130 aircraft.
The airline has three fully owned subsidiaries, Braathens and Widerĝe in Norway and Blue1 in Finland. It also owns 49% stakes in Spanair and Estonian Air. In 2003, the Snowflake brand name, which operates discount-fare routes, was launched. In 2001, SAS and its subsidiaries transported a total of 36 million passengers.
The worst accident of SAS happened in 2001 in Milan, Italy, when its McDonnell Douglas MD-87 plane collided with a small plane during take-off and left 114 people dead.
Based in Stockholm, Sweden and owned by SASAB it is a founding member of the Star Alliance.
SAS gradually acquired control of the domestic markets in all three countries by acquiring full or partial control of local airlines.
The ownership structure of SAS was changed in June 2001, with a holding company being created in which the holdings of the governments changed to: Sweden (21.4%), Norway (14.3%) and Denmark (14.3%) and the remaining 50% publicly held and traded on the stock market.
SASAB is more effective than a standard powder coating as it has active anti-microbial properties which inhibit the growth of micro-organisms.
The SASAB coating, available on all SAS products and ceiling systems, also provides primary infection control and from a risk assessment point of view such coated metal ceilings are likely to become the preferred choice.
SASAB does not replace cleaning activity, it contributes to established infection control/cleaning procedures in helping to prevent the contamination of a working environment.
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