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From 1948, the airlines pooled all their aircraft into European Scandinavian Airlines System (ESAS), which used the SAS brand for all domestic and European services. However, ESAS was only a business agreement, and when DNL threatened to leave to cooperation in 1950, it was agreed to merge the operations of the three airlines into a ...
A privately preserved Douglas DC-3 wearing SAS' late 1940s-style markings. The airline was founded on 1 August 1946, when Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB (an airline owned by the Swedish Wallenberg family), Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark and Norway) formed a partnership to handle the combined air traffic of the three ...
In August 1946 with Danish Air Lines and Norwegian Air Lines it became a part of a three-airline consortium [5] (later four, with AB Aerotransport) that would eventually merge on 30 June 1948 with a pooled capitalization of $25 million as Scandinavian Airlines. [6] The airline operated Douglas DC-4 [7] and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft.
Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes A: Abal Air: 1982: 1990: Established as LBF-Eda Varken.Renamed Time Air Sweden.Operated Piper Navajo [2] ...
It became one of the three founders of Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and became one of its three holding companies from 1951, with a 28% stake and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. DNL was renamed SAS Norge ASA in 1996 and was merged in 2001 to create the SAS Group. The company was founded as Det Norske Luftfartselskap Fred.
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AB Aerotransport (ABA) was a Swedish government-owned airline which operated during the first half of the 20th century and was merged into what would become the SAS Group. ABA was established on 27 March 1924 under the name Aktiebolaget Aerotransport by Carl and Adrian Florman together with Ernst Linder, John Björk and Johan Nilsson. [ 1 ]
Scanorama was the award-winning inflight magazine of SAS. [1] It was one of the magazines produced by SAS. [2] Scanorama was established in 1972. [3] [4] Twelve issues were released yearly. [5] The publisher was DG Communications AB based in Stockholm. [2] It was published in English. One of the editors-in-chief was Naljen Ståhlström. The ...