SAS Scandinavian Airlines

Scandinavian Airlines

, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. SAS is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden. Part of the SAS Group and headquartered at the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna, Sweden, the airline operates 180 aircraft to 90 destinations (as of December 2019). The airline's main hub is at Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, with connections to 109 destinations around the world. Stockholm Arlanda Airport (with 106 destinations) is the second largest hub, with Oslo Airport, Gardermoen being the third major hub of SAS. 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 2017, SAS carried 28.6 million passengers, achieving revenues of 40 billion Swedish kronor. This makes it the eighth-largest airline in Europe and the largest in Denmark and Sweden. The SAS fleet is composed of 180 aircraft consisting of Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A320neo, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, and Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft. SAS also wet leases Airbus A320neo, ATR 72, and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft.

The airline was founded in 1946 as a consortium to pool the transatlantic operations of Swedish airline Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik, Norway's Det Norske Luftfartselskap and Det Danske Luftfartselskab of Denmark. The consortium was extended to cover European and domestic cooperation two years later. In 1951, all the airlines were merged to create SAS. SAS has been described as "an icon of Norwegian–Swedish–Danish cooperation". On 27 June 2018, the Norwegian government announced that it had sold all its shares in SAS.

In 1997, SAS was a founding member of one of the major airline alliances, Star Alliance.

List of Scandinavian Airlines destinations

This is a list of destinations operated to by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) as of December 2020. The list includes destinations served by airlines with which SAS has or previously had a wet lease agreement, such as CityJet, Cimber Sterling, PrivatAir, Scandinavian Airlines Ireland, or Widerøe. It includes the destination's country (or applicable territory), city, airport name, and the airline's notable status marked where applicable - such as seasonality, as a hub, as a future destination (with an accompanying launch date), or as a terminated destination.

Argentina Buenos Aires Ministro Pistarini International Airport Terminated
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Terminated
Belarus Minsk Minsk National Airport Terminated
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Sarajevo International Airport Terminated
Brazil Campinas Viracopos–Campinas International Airport Terminated
Natal Greater Natal International Airport Terminated
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport Terminated
São Paulo São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport Terminated
Canada Montreal Montréal–Trudeau International Airport Terminated
Toronto Toronto Pearson International Airport
Chile Santiago Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Terminated
China Beijing Beijing Capital International Airport
Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Croatia Dubrovnik Dubrovnik Airport Seasonal
Split Split Airport Seasonal
Zadar Zadar Airport Seasonal
Czech Republic Prague Václav Havel Airport Prague
Denmark Aalborg Aalborg Airport
Aarhus Aarhus Airport
Billund Billund Airport
Copenhagen Copenhagen Airport Hub
Egypt Cairo Cairo International Airport Terminated
Estonia Tallinn Tallinn Airport
Faroe Islands Sørvágur Vágar Airport
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport
Kittilä Kittilä Airport Terminated
Tampere Tampere–Pirkkala Airport
Turku Turku Airport
France Biarritz Biarritz Pays Basque Airport Seasonal
Lyon Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport Terminated
Montpellier Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport
Nice Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Germany Berlin Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Berlin Tegel Airport Airport Closed
Bremen Bremen Airport Terminated
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport
Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport
Hamburg Hamburg Airport
Hanover Hannover Airport
Munich Munich Airport
Nuremberg Nuremberg Airport Terminated
Stuttgart Stuttgart Airport
Greece Athens Athens International Airport
Chania Chania International Airport Seasonal
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal
Thessaloniki Thessaloniki International Airport Seasonal
Greenland Kangerlussuaq Kangerlussuaq Airport Terminated Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Terminated
Kai Tak Airport Airport Closed
Hungary Budapest Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
Iceland Reykjavík Keflavík International Airport
India Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminated
Kolkata Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Terminated
Iran Tehran Mehrabad International Airport Terminated
Iraq Baghdad Baghdad International Airport Terminated
Basra Basra International Airport Terminated
Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport
Shannon Shannon Airport
Israel Eilat Ovda Airport Terminated
Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Terminated
Italy Bari Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport Seasonal
Bologna Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Cagliari Cagliari Elmas Airport Seasonal
Milan Milan Linate Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport
Naples Naples International Airport
Palermo Falcone Borsellino Airport Seasonal
Rome Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport
Turin Turin Airport Seasonal
Venice Venice Marco Polo Airport
Japan Nagoya Chubu Centrair International Airport Terminated
Osaka Kansai International Airport Terminated
Tokyo Haneda Airport
Narita International Airport Terminated
Jordan Amman Queen Alia International Airport Terminated
Kenya Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminated
Kosovo Pristina Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari
Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwait International Airport Terminated
Latvia Riga Riga International Airport
Lebanon Beirut Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport Seasonal
Lithuania Palanga Palanga International Airport
Vilnius Vilnius International Airport
Luxembourg Luxembourg City Luxembourg Airport
Malta Luqa Malta International Airport
Montenegro Tivat Tivat Airport Seasonal
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Norway Ålesund Ålesund Airport, Vigra
Alta Alta Airport
Bardufoss Bardufoss Airport Seasonal
Bergen Bergen Airport, Flesland Hub
Bodø Bodø Airport
Harstad/Narvik Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
Haugesund Haugesund Airport, Karmøy
Kirkenes Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen
Kristiansand Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik
Kristiansund Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
Lakselv Lakselv Airport
Longyearbyen Svalbard Airport, Longyear
Molde Molde Airport, Årø
Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Hub
Moss Airport, Rygge Terminated
Stavanger Stavanger Airport, Sola Hub
Tromsø Tromsø Airport
Trondheim Trondheim Airport, Værnes Hub
Pakistan Karachi Jinnah International Airport Terminated
Philippines Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminated
Poland Gdańsk Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
Katowice Katowice International Airport Terminated
Kraków Kraków John Paul II International Airport
Łódź Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport Terminated
Poznań Poznań–Ławica Airport
Szczecin Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport
Warsaw Warsaw Chopin Airport
Wroclaw Copernicus Wrocław Airport
Portugal Faro Faro Airport
Lisbon Lisbon Airport
Romania Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport
Russia Kaliningrad Khrabrovo Airport Terminated
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport Terminated
Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport Suspended
Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Terminated
Senegal Dakar Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Terminated
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport Terminated
South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Terminated
Spain Alicante Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport
Barcelona Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport
Las Palmas Gran Canaria Airport
Madrid Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
Málaga Málaga Airport
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport
Valencia Valencia Airport Seasonal
Sri Lanka Colombo Bandaranaike International Airport Terminated
Sweden Ängelholm Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport
Gothenburg Göteborg Landvetter Airport Hub
Kalmar Kalmar Airport
Kiruna Kiruna Airport
Linköping Linköping/Saab Airport Terminated
Luleå Luleå Airport
Malmö Malmö Airport
Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik Airport
Östersund Åre Östersund Airport
Ronneby Ronneby Airport
Sälen Scandinavian Mountains Airport Seasonal
Skellefteå Skellefteå Airport
Stockholm Stockholm Arlanda Airport Hub
Stockholm Bromma Airport Terminated
Sundsvall Sundsvall–Timrå Airport
Umeå Umeå Airport
Visby Visby Airport
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport
Zürich Zürich Airport
Syria Damascus Damascus International Airport Terminated
Thailand Bangkok Don Mueang International Airport Terminated
Suvarnabhumi Airport Terminated
Turkey Alanya Gazipaşa Airport Seasonal
Ankara Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Antalya Antalya Airport Seasonal
Istanbul Istanbul Atatürk Airport Airport Closed
Ukraine Kyiv Boryspil International Airport Suspended
United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport Terminated
United Kingdom Aberdeen Aberdeen Airport
Birmingham Birmingham Airport
Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport
Humberside Humberside Airport Terminated
London Gatwick Airport Terminated
Heathrow Airport
London City Airport Terminated
London Stansted Airport Terminated
Manchester Manchester Airport
Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle International Airport Terminated
United States Boston Boston Logan International Airport
Chicago Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport Terminated
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport
Miami Miami International Airport
Newark Newark Liberty International Airport
New York City John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminated
LaGuardia Airport Terminated
San Francisco San Francisco International Airport
Seattle Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Terminated
Washington, D.C. Washington Dulles International Airport
Uruguay Montevideo Carrasco International Airport Terminated