SAS Braathens
IATA BU	ICAO CNO	Callsign Scanor
Founded		2004 Scandinavian Airlines and Braathens both founded in 1946
Hubs		Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Frequent flyer program		EuroBonus
Member lounge		Scandinavian Lounge
Alliance		Star Alliance
Fleet size		58
Destinations		40
Parent company		SAS AB
Headquarters		Oslo
Key people		Gunnar Reitan (acting CEO of SAS Group) Olle H. Strand CEO SAS Braathens
Website: http://www.sasbraathens.no/

SAS Braathens is Norway's largest airline and operates from its hub Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, and is also the largest national branch of Scandinavian Airlines. Image File history File links SASBraathensLogo. ... IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines in accordance with the provisions of Resolution 762. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ICAO airline code. ... Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognised call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Braathens airline , until 1997 known as Braathens S.A.F.E or Braathens South American and Far East Air Transport A/S merged with the Norwegian part of Scandinavian Airlines to become SAS Braathens in 2004. ... An airline hub is an airport that an airline uses as a transfer point to get passengers to their intended destination. ... Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM) is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 48 km north of Oslo. ... A frequent flyer program is a service offered by many airlines to reward customer loyalty. ... EuroBonus is from the beginning Scandinavian Airlines frequent flyer program. ... An airport lounge is a lounge owned by a particular airline (or jointly operated by several carriers). ... An airline alliance is an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate for the foreseeable future on a substantial level. ... The Star Alliance, launched on May 14, 1997, is the largest and most awarded airline alliance in the world, with the following points of cooperation among its partner airlines: Frequent flyer program integration allows airline miles to be earned and redeemed on all members of the Alliance at the same... 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. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (IATA: OSL, ICAO: ENGM) is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 48 km north of Oslo. ...

SAS Braathens is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) Group and was established in the spring of 2004, based on SAS Norway and Braathens. SAS Braathens operates routes in Norway, and also between Norway and the rest of Europe. The airline is the largest in Norway, and has 440 departures daily. SAS Braathens carries around 9 million passengers per annum. Profit for the first half of 2005 came to NOK 206 million. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

SAS Braathens has a route network covering 40 destinations from Longyearbyen in the north to Las Palmas in the south. The route network is operated by a total of 57 aircraft: 51 Boeing 737s and 6 Fokker 50s. SAS Braathens is a member of the global Star Alliance network. Since it was established in April 2004, SAS Braathens has created or announced a total of 18 new international routes. Around 3,750 employees work for the airline, which is based in Fornebu, close to Oslo. Longyearbyen Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard, Norway and its capital. ... Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a Spanish city, the capital city of Gran Canaria one of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, 210 kilometers located off the northwestern coast of Africa. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ...

History

Scandinavian Airlines

Main article: Scandinavian Airlines System

Scandinavian Airlines was founded on 1 August 1946 when the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. Operations started on 17 September 1946. Det Norske Luftfartselskab (DNL) is the former Norwegian flag carrier which was founded in 1927. The companies embarked on coordination of European operations in 1948 and finally merged to form the current SAS Consortium in 1951. Upon foundation the airline was divided between SAS Danmark (28.6%), SAS Norge (28.6%) and SAS Sweden (42.8%), all owned 50% by private investors and 50% by their respective governments. SAS gradually acquired control of the domestic markets in all three countries by acquiring full or partial control of several 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. Scandinavian Airlines System is a multi-national airline for Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the Nordic countries. ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Braathens

Main article: Braathens

Braathens was founded on March 26, 1946. For many years, Braathens was known as Braathens S.A.F.E, the latter part being an acronym standing for South American and Far East, for the destinations Braathens originally served. The company was founded by Norwegian ship owner Ludvig G. Braathen, with the intention of serving his ships in other parts of the world. In 2001 Braathens formed an alliance with KLM and Northwest Airlines. Alitalia was supposed to also join that alliance, but later decided not to. Braathens also dropped the SAFE from their name, and the company was known as Braathens until 2004. In 2001, after tough economic times, Braathens was bought by the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), although they were able to keep operating under their name until SAS Braathens became operative 1 April 2005. The SAS Group, is a company based in Stockholm, Sweden. ... 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This is the list of cities that Spanair flies to: Africa Equatorial Guinea Malabo (Malabo International Airport) Europe Austria Vienna (Vienna International Airport) Denmark Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport) Germany Frankfurt (Frankfurt International Airport) Munich (Munich International Airport) Stuttgart (Stuttgart Airport) Ireland Dublin (Dublin Airport) Italy Ancona Portugal Faro (Faro Airport) Lisbon... The Norwegian airline Widerøe has flights to the following destinations. ... SAS Cargo Group Is SAS Scandinavian Airliness cargo carrier. ... SAS Media, owned by the SAS Group, is the publisher of the inflight magazines: Scanorama (English, Japanease and Mandarin), SAS Braathens magasinet, Seasons, Perspektiv and the folder Menu and More. SAS Media hands out two awards: Scandinavian of the year and the Scanorama award. ... SAS Flight Academy is owned by the SAS Group and provides a variety of training services for airlines and air crew, ranging from total training packages to straightforward selling of simulator time. ... SAS Technical Services (STS), is owned by the SAS Group and provides technical maintenance of aircraft to airlines in and outside the SAS Group. ... SAS Ground Servicesis a full-service provider of Airline Ground Handling and Airport Related Services. ... Det Norske Luftfartselskap, DNL, Norways flag carrier between 1933 and 1948. ... Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB, SILA, Swedish Intercontinental Airlines, vas a airline and is today a part of the SAS Group. ... AB Aerotransport, ABA, was an airline and is today part of the SAS Group. ... Linjeflyg was formed in 1957 as a Swedish domestic airline by Scandinavian Airlines System, Dagens Nyheter AB and Stockholms-Tidningen AB. 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SAS Braathens

The first months of 2006 were marked by conflict, and ill pilots caused several flights to be cancelled. Negotiations between cabin personnel and management failed on April 6, leading to a strike grounding most of the flights, though a deal between management and the unions ended the strike on April 8. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...

Today the airline is one of Norway's most prominent companies, but the lack of reliability caused by the number of cancelled and delayed flights has put the airline at the bottom of 140 Norwegian companies ranked by consumer confidence. The April 2006 strike benefitted SAS Braathens' main competitor, Norwegian Air Shuttle. Norwegian Air Shuttle (OSE: NAS) is a Norwegian low-cost airline, with headquarters at Fornebu outside the countrys capital Oslo and its main base at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. ...

SAS Braathens CEO Petter Jansen was forced to leave office in June 2006 after disputes with the SAS management in Stockholm, causing much controversy and debate in Norway, since Petter Jensen was leading the only national branch of Scandinavian Airlines that made a profit.

Subsidiary airlines

SAS Group also owns Widerøe, a regional airline of Norway. Widerøes Flyveselskap ASA, branded simply as Widerøe, is the largest regional airline in the Nordic countries, having a turnover of NOK 1. ...

Destinations

Main article: SAS Braathens Destinations

SAS Braathens serves 46 destinations, 17 domestic and 29 European destinations. This is a list of the airports served by SAS Braathens, the Norwegian branch of Scandinavian Airlines System. ...

Fleet

Detail of the engine of the SAS Braathens aircraft LN-RRY "Signe Viking"

As of August 2006 the SAS Braathens fleet includes ^[1] : Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x1330, 1920 KB) Summary www. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x1330, 1920 KB) Summary www. ...

• 3 Boeing 737-400
• 12 Boeing 737-500
• 8 Boeing 737-600
• 15 Boeing 737-700
• 9 Boeing 737-800
• 6 Fokker 50

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References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

• SAS Braathens callsign
• SAS Braathens callsign and ICAO code

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