Scandinavian Airlines

SAS was founded on 1 August 1946 when Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, AB Aerotransport and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark, Sweden and Norway) formed a partnership to handle intercontinental traffic to Scandinavia. Operations started on 17 September 1946. The companies then started coordination of European operations in 1948 and finally merged to form the current SAS Consortium in 1951. When established the airline was divided between SAS Danmark (28.6%), SAS Norge (28.6%) and SAS Sweden (42.8%), all owned 50% by private investors and 50% by their respective governments. SAS gradually acquired control of the domestic markets in all three countries by acquiring full or partial control of several local airlines. In May 1997 SAS formed the global Star Alliance network with Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai Airways International and United Airlines.

Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag, trading as SAS Group and SAS AB, is a holding company based in Solna, Sweden. It is the parent company of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe, and the aviation services companies SAS Business Opportunities, SAS Cargo Group, SAS Ground Services and SAS Technical Services. It holds minority ownership of Air Greenland, Estonian Air, Skyways Express and Spanair. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Stockholm Stock Exchange and the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.

There exists a SAS Museum at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, where the exhibits represent an important part of Scandinavian civil aviation history. The museum collections cover Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) as well as its parent companies: AB Aerotransport (ABA), Det Danske Luftfartselskab (DDL) and Det Norske Luftfartselskap (DNL). SAS is an important North European company, some of their flights may be very expensive. For instance the costs bellow: 

- a fly, 2ways, from Copenhagen to New York costs 4000 DKK (533 Euro)

- a fly, one way, from Copenhagen to Aalborg costs 295 DKK (40 Euro)

- a fly, 2 ways, from Copenahgen to Bangkok costs 6345 DKK (846 Euro)