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Founded | 1978 | ||||||
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Hubs | Billund Airport | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | Executive Club | ||||||
Alliance | Oneworld (Affiliate) | ||||||
Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
Destinations | 11 | ||||||
Headquarters | Billund, Denmark | ||||||
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Website | sun-air.dk |
SUN-AIR of Scandinavia A/S, usually shortened to SUN-AIR, is a Danish regional airline headquartered in Billund with its main base at Billund Airport. It operates scheduled services as a franchise of British Airways using their name and corporate design as British Airways - operated by SUN-AIR of Scandinavia A/S. The airline also offers charter flights, air taxi services, specialist aerial work and aircraft brokerage.
The airline was established and started operations in 1978 by Mr. Niels Sundberg. It initially operated solely as an air taxi and charter service, but developed into a regional airline in 1987. It became a British Airways franchisee on 1 August 1996, operating as British Airways in their corporate design. Sun Air is an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance and also uses British Airways' frequent flyer program Executive Club. The airline is wholly owned by Niels Sundberg and has 175 employees. It also has a business jet subsidiary named JoinJet.
In February 2017, it has been announced that British Airways will terminate its flights from Bremen to London and Manchester which are both operated by SUN-AIR on short notice by 25 February 2017. SUN-AIR maintained a base for these routes at Bremen Airport.
As of February 2017, SUN-AIR of Scandinavia serves the following cities under their British Airways franchise:
As of December 2015, the SUN-AIR of Scandinavia fleet consists of the following aircraft: