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. June 1, the airline will change name to SAS Scandinavian Airlines Norge [1]. 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) (Norwegian: Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen) is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 48 km north of Oslo. ... Membership cards of FFP This article is about airline frequent flyer programs. ... EuroBonus is from the beginning Scandinavian Airlines frequent flyer program. ... The lounge at ZRH, Switzerland 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) (Norwegian: Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen) 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 Denmark and Sweden, SAS Braathens for Norway 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. 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. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Prior to its merger with Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ... Northwest Airlines (Pink Sheets: NWACQ), occasionally known as NWA, is an American airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota in the United States of America. ... Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane (ISE: IT0003331888) (IATA: AZ, ICAO: AZA, and Callsign: Alitalia) is the national airline of Italy. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. ...

Flight codes

All SAS Braathens flight are operated with the IATA code BU, but all of the SAS Braathens flights are sold and screened at airports as SK flights.

Destinations

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

Main article: SAS Braathens destinations

Further information: SAS Group destinations

SAS Braathens serves 46 destinations, 17 domestic and 29 European destinations. SAS Braathens have announced it will cease its flights from Sandefjord Airport, Torp from December 17, 2006. They have also announced that the flights between Bergen and Stavanger to Rome and Paris will end. Before the end of March 2007 the flight between Oslo and Vienna and Prague will stop. From April 2007 SAS Braathens will increase its departures between Oslo and some domestic destinations. 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. ... This is a list of the airports served by SAS Braathens, the Norwegian branch of Scandinavian Airlines System. ... SAS Group destinations This is a complete list of the SAS Group airlines destinations. ...

Fleet

The SAS Braathens fleet includes the following aircraft as of January 2007:^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...

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Cabin

Scanorama, the company inflight magazine

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Domestic

One class

Breakfast is served free, after 9am sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from the "CloudShop".

Intra-Scandinavia

Passenger booked with an Business class ticket travels in Economy Extra on Intra-Scandinavian flights.

Economy Class

breakfast, sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from the "CloudShop".

Economy Extra

fast-track at the Security at some European airports, a three-course cold meal or cold breakfast

Europe

Economy Class

Breakfast, sandwiches and drinks are available for purchase from the "CloudShop".

Economy Extra

fast-track at security at some European airport, a three-course cold meal or cold breakfast.

Business

fast-track at security at some European airport and access to lounges. Free center seat. Complimentary magazines and destination newspapers are distributed in the cabin. Cocktails and cold snacks are served before meal, a three-course hot meal or hot breakfast, on flights shorter than 1h 40 min a cold meal is served. After the meal dessert, coffee/tea and avec are served seperate. Before landing a give-away is handed out (eg. Valhrona choclate).

Euro Bonus

• Frequent flyer programs: SAS own program EuroBonus, also earns points on other Star Alliance Frequent flyer programs.
• Membership clubs: Fly Home Club, for Scandinavians living abroad.

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SAS lounges

Locations

The following locations are SAS Scandinavian, Stockholm, and Business locations where SAS Braathens flies:

EuroBonus Gold card members are allowed to use partner clubs, which offer more clubs in more locations. For partner club information, visit www.flysas.com: [2]. See also: Scandinavian Airlines Brussels Airport (IATA: BRU, ICAO: EBBR) (also called in Dutch: Luchthaven Zaventem or in French: Aéroport de Zaventem), also Zaventem Airport or Brussels (Zaventem) International Airport, was formerly known as Brussel Nationaal/Bruxelles-National (Brussels National). ... The new logo of Aéroports de Paris used since 6 June 2005 Charles de Gaulle International Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG) (French: ), also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French), in Paris, is one of Europes principal aviation centres, as well as Frances main international... Copenhagen airport map Copenhagen Airport (IATA: CPH, ICAO: EKCH) (Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup in Danish) is the major airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden, located 8 km south of Copenhagen city center on the island Amager. ... One of the Helsinki-Vantaas runways Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (IATA: HEL, ICAO: EFHK) in Vantaa, Finland, is the main airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. ... “LHR” redirects here. ... Oslo Airport is located in Gardermoen in Ullensaker, Norway, 50 km north of Oslo, and is a modern, international airport with two runways. ... Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (IATA: ARN, ICAO: ESSA), is an international airport located in Sigtuna Municipality near to the town of Märsta, circa 42km north of Stockholm and nearly 40km, by road, south-east of Uppsala. ... 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. ...

References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

• SAS Braathens callsign
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