Introduction To Scandinavian Airline

Scandinavian Airline is owned by SAS AB and the airline is considered as the multinational airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The airline is also a founding member of Star Alliance. The airline is very popular and one of the major reasons for the popularity of the airline is that it is also considered as the founder airline of Thai Airways, Air Greenland and also as charter airline formerly for Scanair. There are three basic and the primary hubs for the airline and those are Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Copenhagen Airport, and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. The statistics of the airline for the year 2006 and 2007 shows that the airline has also earned good reputation in these countries and more than 25 million passengers have travelled through the airline till 2006. There are almost 112 destinations which are targeted by the airline and the airline has been getting more expansion since its foundation 1947.

Destinations Of Scandinavian Airline

All of the destinations targeted by the airline can be categorized in to two main groups, International flights and the Domestic flights. All of the destinations of the airline are the major countries and the cities of the world. Because of the increasing demand of the airline, the airline is also focusing on increasing the number of destinations and to introduce new routes. For this the airline has started new routes for 11 new routes from Stockholm, one route from Oslo, two routes from Gothenburg, as well as three routes from Copenhagen. In the year 2008 the airline has also announced to start new routes.

Services Of Scandinavian Airline

The airline is providing the best and the world class in-flight entertainment services and for this the airline has also introduced its own magazines which are given in-flights. Moreover, in the flights the airline is providing different services to different classes. Talking generally all of the services provided in the flights, it has found that the airline provides the breakfast free in the morning flights. However, when the breakfast time passes the airline offers the same products with purchase option. In most of the flights in economy class the breakfast is offered on purchase. Although there is not a very huge difference between the economy and the business class but still there are some of the value added services in the business class. Moreover, the Europeans travelling through the airline prefer to travel through the economy class because it provides good services and it is cheaper than the business class. In the business class there are business lounges and there are more comfortable seats with free centre seats. The snacks and the beverages are distributed throughout the flight and the magazines and the newspapers are also providing in the business class.

Subsidiaries Of Scandinavian Airline

Scandinavian Airline International is the subsidiary of the Scandinavian Airline and it is specifically targeting the international flights. Most of the flights which are carried out are out of focus and out of hubs. The second subsidiary is the Scandinavian Airline Denmark, that gets the traffic from Copenhagen and then it travels to other Europeans countries. This airline is specifically targeting the domestic flights and routes like the Scandinavian areas. Another subsidiary is the Scandinavian Airline Sverige, which targets the routes from Stockholm to other European countries. It is mainly responsible for the domestic flights in Sweden. Another subsidiary is the Scandinavian Airline Norge, which is created through the merger between SAS Norway and Braathens. This subsidiary of the airline is responsible for the flights within Norway. As there are many subsidiaries of the airline and all of the subsidiaries are earning the highest on their domestic routes therefore, it is hoped that SAS in the coming years will also emerged as the largest airline in the world. The widening routes of the airline also give the evidences for this. This shows that airline has the strengths to progress in the international flights and for further information you can go on the official website of the airline and can also get the schedules of the flights and the other stuff from the website.