Scandinavian Airlines

In 1918 the Danish parent company (DDL) was founded. Then in 1924 the Swedish parent company ABA was founded and Norwegian parent company followed in 1927.

The Swedish Intercontinental Air Lines (SILA) was founded in 1943. This company made their first post-war commercial flights in 1945. On the first of August in 1946, DDL, DNL and SILA formed SAS. This was for intercontinental operations. Then DDL, DNL and ABA formed European SAS in 1948.

In 1954, DDL, DNL and ABA formed the current SAS Consortium. The agreement was for 25 years and has since been extended through 2020. In 1954, SAS opened the first Polar shortcut in the world. The airline received their first DC-7C piston-engined, long range airliners. The same year they opened routes to Moscow and Riga. The airline inaugurated the North Pole shortcut in 1957. The shortcut was Copnehagen-Anchorage-Tokyo and established a round-the-world network.

SAS becomes the first travel airline to use Caravelle jets for scheduled service. The, “top-of-the-world” land-based domestic network was opened in North Norway, Tromsø-Alta-Lakselv- Kirkenes and later a route to Montreal. These new routes were opened in 1963. SAS became the pioneer of a new shortcut in 1967. This shortcut was the Trans-Asian Express between Copenhagen and Southeast. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s many new routes were introduced. In 1992, SAS route Copenhagen-Vilnius opened. This completed SAS service to all three of the Baltic capitals. In 2001, the airlines opened a new service between Copenhagen and Washington D.C. This was the first time since 1966, they opened a new US travel destination.

Scandinavian Airlines strives to offer low fare. They are continuously adding to and updating their travel fleets. Over the years they have constantly entered code share and other agreements with other air carriers so they could offer a larger network and more travel destinations to their customers.

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