Scandinavian Airlines

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The Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), commonly known as Scandinavian Airlines, is the joint flag carrier airline of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It is part of SAS Group and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Operating a wide European and intercontinental network, the airline's principal hub is Copenhagen Airport, supported by two other major hubs at Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Oslo Airport. Including its subsidiaries SAS Link and SAS Connect, operates a fleet of over 130 aircraft to over 150 destinations. As of 2024, SAS serves approximately 25 million passengers annually, making it the largest airline in Denmark and Sweden and one of the largest in Europe. The airline was founded in 1946 as a consortium to pool the transatlantic operations of the Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish national airlines, which were fully merged in 1951. Long considered an icon of Scandinavian cooperation, SAS was one of the five founding members of the Star Alliance in 1997. In October 2023, as part of Chapter...

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