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Scandinavian Airlines

Scandinavian Airlines System
IATA ICAO Callsign
SK SAS SCANDINAVIAN
Founded1 August 1946 (1946-08-01)
Commenced operations17 September 1946 (1946-09-17)
AOC #SCA.AOC.001E
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programEuroBonus
AllianceStar Alliance
(until 31 August 2024)[1] SkyTeam
(after 1 September 2024)
Subsidiaries
Fleet size68 (excluding aircraft under wet-lease agreements and subsidiaries)
Destinations125[2] (incl. subsidiaries)
Parent company
HeadquartersSAS Frösundavik Office Building
Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
Key people
RevenueSEK 46,736 million[3]
Websitewww.flysas.com

Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.[4] SAS is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System[5] or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden.[6] Part of the SAS Group and headquartered at the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna, Sweden, the airline operates 180 aircraft to 90 destinations (as of December 2019).[7] The airline's main hub is at Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, with connections to 109 destinations around the world. Stockholm Arlanda Airport (with 106 destinations) is the second largest hub, with Oslo Airport, Gardermoen being the third major hub of SAS.[8] Minor hubs also exist at Bergen Airport, Flesland, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Stavanger Airport, and Trondheim Airport. SAS Cargo is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines and its main office is at Copenhagen Airport.[9]

In 2017, SAS carried 28.6 million passengers, achieving revenues of 40 billion Swedish kronor.[10] This makes it the eighth-largest airline in Europe and the largest in Denmark and Sweden. The SAS fleet is composed of 124 aircraft consisting of Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321LR, Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Embraer 195 aircraft.[7] SAS also wet leases Airbus A320neo, ATR 72, and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft.[11]

The airline was founded in 1946 as a consortium to pool the transatlantic operations of Swedish airline Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik, Norway's Det Norske Luftfartselskap and Det Danske Luftfartselskab of Denmark. The consortium was extended to cover European and domestic cooperation two years later. In 1951, all the airlines were merged to create SAS. SAS has been described as "an icon of Norwegian–Swedish–Danish cooperation".[12] In 1997, SAS co-founded Star Alliance, the first of the three major airline alliances, alongside United Airlines, Air Canada, Lufthansa and Thai Airways International.[13] On 27 June 2018, the Norwegian government announced that it had sold all its shares in SAS.[14][15]

In October 2023, it was announced that Air France–KLM, the Danish government and two financial firms would be investing in SAS, with Air France–KLM taking a 19.9% stake.[16][17] As a result, SAS will end its membership of Star Alliance on 31 August 2024,[1] and will join SkyTeam the following day.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference allianceexit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "SAS Scandinavian Airlines on ch-aviation.com". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ^ "SAS Annual and Sustainability Report - Fiscal Year 2019" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Profile for SAS". Centre for Aviation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. ^ "History milestones - SAS". www.sasgroup.net.
  6. ^ "Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden". proff.dk (in Danish). Proff Danmark. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b "SAS Scandinavian Airlines - Sas Scandinavian Airlines Information & Bookings Online - Musafir". www.musafir.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Route map - SAS" (PDF). Flysas.com. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  9. ^ "About SAS Cargo - SAS Cargo/Airfreight".
  10. ^ Annual Report 2017 sasgroup.net Retrieved on 11 August 2018.
  11. ^ "CityJet to Fly New Aircraft For SAS". www.cityjet.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Fra krystall til papp – etter over 70 år selger staten seg ut av SAS". 27 June 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  13. ^ "About Star Alliance". Star Alliance. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  14. ^ Jacob-Phillips, Sherry (27 June 2018). "Norway sells remainder stake in SAS airline". Reuters.
  15. ^ "Norway to sell remaining SAS airline stake". 27 June 2018.
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFKLM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  17. ^ "SAS reaches major milestone in SAS FORWARD – announces the winning consortium, including details of the transaction structure - SAS". www.sasgroup.net. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

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