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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 Wider�e 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.

**Current fleet by aircraft size**
Aircraft	Number	Type
Airbus A340-300	7	Long haul
Airbus A330-300	4	Long haul
Airbus A321-200	7	Short haul / domestic
Boeing 737-800	15	Short haul / domestic
Boeing 737-700	6	Short haul / domestic
Boeing 737-600	24	Short haul / domestic
McDonnell Douglas MD-81	7	Short haul / domestic
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	32	Short haul / domestic
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30	8	Short haul / domestic
McDonnell Douglas MD-87	15	Short haul / domestic
De Havilland Q400	24	Short haul / domestic
Fokker 50	2	Short haul / domestic

External links

Scandinavian.net (http://www.scandinavian.net/) - customer site
Scandinavian Flight Operations (http://www.sasflightops.com/) - Technical information
Yahoo! - SAS AB Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/41/41466.html)

Members of the Star Alliance

Regional Members: Adria Airways | Blue1 | Croatia Airlines

Future Members: South African Airways | TAP Air Portugal

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Scandinavian Airlines - Star Alliance (409 words)
	Scandinavian Airlines System, SAS, wurde im August 1946 als Konsortium der nationalen Fluggesellschaften Dänemarks, Norwegens und Schwedens gegründet.
	Als erste Fluggesellschaft der Welt überflog die SAS in den Sechzigern Jahren den Nordpol und wurde dafür im Jahr 1962 mit dem Christopher Columbus Preis, der auch oft als Nobel-Preis der Kommunikation bezeichnet wird, in Anerkennung der Pionierleistung bei ihren transpolaren Flügen ausgezeichnet.
	Als erste Airline Europas haben sie in ihre Flotte die umweltverträglichen Flieger MD-90 und Boeing 737-600 aufgenommen, jeweils ausgerüstet mit emissionsarmen DAC-Motoren.

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Scandinavian Airlines System (1788 words)
	In 2007 SAS Braathens was rebranded SAS Scandinavian Airlines Norge AS.
	Scandinavian Airlines Danmark is responsible also for developing Copenhagen airport as the SAS Group's main hub.
	Scandinavian Airlines Norge is the result of the merger of SAS Norway and Braathens.

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