About Scandinavian Airlines System
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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was founded on August 1, 1946, as a consortium bringing together the national airlines of Denmark (Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S), Norway (Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS), and Sweden (Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB) to manage combined air traffic for the three countries. This partnership was later extended to cover European and domestic cooperation, and by 1951, all the airlines merged to form SAS. SAS pioneered early transatlantic services, with its first international flight from Stockholm to New York in September 1946, and was the first airline to commence scheduled flights on a polar route in 1954, connecting Copenhagen to Los Angeles.
SAS operates with its main hubs at Copenhagen Airport (CPH), which serves as its primary international gateway, and secondary hubs at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (OSL), and Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN). The airline's headquarters are located in Solna, Sweden. Its route network is extensive, connecting Scandinavia with over 125 destinations across Europe, the United States, Africa, and Asia, with a strategic focus on expanding international travel, particularly from Copenhagen.
As of November 2025, the SAS fleet comprises a mix of Airbus widebody (A330, A350) and narrowbody (A319, A320, A320neo, A321LR) aircraft, alongside regional jets (Bombardier CRJ900, Embraer E195) and turboprops (ATR 72) operated by its subsidiaries, SAS Connect and SAS Link. The airline has largely transitioned to an all-Airbus mainline fleet, with the Boeing 737 models having been phased out. In a significant development, SAS officially left Star Alliance on August 31, 2024, and became a member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance on September 1, 2024. SAS offers a tiered cabin system, which, effective October 1, 2025, is being renamed to Economy (formerly SAS Go), Premium (formerly SAS Plus, a premium economy product), and Business (long-haul with lie-flat seats), and a reintroduction of a true European Business Class. The airline's loyalty program is EuroBonus.
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