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Founded | 1 August 1946 | ||||||
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Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
Fleet size | 160 | ||||||
Destinations | 119 | ||||||
Company slogan | We are travelers (English) | ||||||
Parent company | SAS Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Solna, Sweden | ||||||
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Website | flysas |
Scandinavian Airlines, usually shortened to SAS (originally an abbreviation of its former name Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden) is the flag carrier of Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Part of the SAS Group and headquartered at the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna, Sweden, the airline operates 182 aircraft to 90 destinations. The airline's main hub is at Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, with connections to over 50 cities in Europe. (with more than 30 European connections) and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen are the other major hubs. Minor hubs also exist at Bergen Airport, Flesland, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Stavanger Airport, Sola and Trondheim Airport, Værnes. SAS Cargo is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines and its main office is at Copenhagen Airport.
In 2012, SAS carried 25.9 million passengers, achieving revenues of SEK 36 billion. This makes it the eighth-largest airline in Europe. The SAS fleet consists of Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340, and Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. In addition, SAS also wetleases ATR 72, Saab 2000 and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft.