List of Braathens destinations

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A medium-sized passenger jet on a tarmac with a white top and tail, and a blue bottom. There is a Norwegian flag on the tail and "Braathens" written along the side"
Boeing 737-400s were used by Braathens after 1989; this one is pictured at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in 2006.

Stavanger Airport, Sola
.

The destinations in Asia were served from 1949 to 1954. Then, Braathens became a domestic airline, and did not have international scheduled services again until 1987, except during part of 1960. From 1994, the airline market was deregulated, and Braathens was free to operate domestically and within the

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in 2004 to create SAS Braathens
.

History

Braathens SAFE started as a charter airline, flying predominantly to the Far East and South America. In 1949, the airline was granted a concession on the Far East route that was flown until 1954, using

Fokker F-28s were taken into use two years later.[11] Kristiansund was added as a destination in 1970 and Molde two years later.[12] The F-28s were retired in 1986,[13] while services to Longyearbyen started the following year.[14]

EuroAirport
in 1976.

From 1987, Braathens SAFE was allowed to make international scheduled flights on certain routes. From 1989 to 1993, it opened routes to Billund, Malmö, Newcastle, London and Murmansk.[15] In the same period, the airline replaced its fleet with Boeing 737-400 and -500s.[13] The Norwegian airline market was deregulated in 1994, and Braathens SAFE was free to fly on any domestic and international route; it immediately opened routes to Harstad/Narvik.[16] Within two years, international routes had been started to Jersey, Nice and Rome.[17] In 1996, Braathens bought Sweden's second-largest airline, Transwede Airways, and started a route to Stockholm.[18] The following year, Transwede was merged into Braathens SAFE, and the airline took over its domestic routes to Halmstad, Jönköping, Luleå, Sundsvall and Umeå, using Transwede's Fokker 100s.[19] In 1997, KLM bought part of Braathens SAFE, and the two started a partnership; Braathens SAFE started flying from several Norwegian cities to KLM's hub in Amsterdam.[20][21]

Malmö Aviation.[26] Málaga and Alicante were introduced as destinations in 2000.[27] The next year, Braathens was bought by the SAS Group,[28] and in 2002, the routes were split between SAS and Braathens. The latter kept only four international routes, but was granted new services to Northern Norway: Alta, Bardufoss, Kirkenes and Lakselv.[29] Braathens was merged with SAS to create SAS Braathens in 2004.[30]

Destinations

Côte d'Azur International Airport
was first served by Braathens after airline deregulation in 1994.
SAS
.
A jet passenger aircraft on the left of the image parked at a glass jetbridge that runs on the right of the image. The plane is surrounded by three aircraft handling cars
A Braathens Boeing 737-500 at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Braathens' Norwegian hub from 1998 to 2004
Fokker F-27
.
Alicante International Airport
became a scheduled destination in 2000, having been served by charter flights four decades.
A mostly yellow airport terminal seen from the apron; furthest away there are two jet planes parked
Braathens started flights from Oslo to Malmö Airport in 1991.
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
, Braathens' Swedish hub from 1997 to 1999

The list shows airports that have been served by Braathens as part of its scheduled services between 1949 and 2004. It excludes airports where Braathens only operated charter services. The list includes the city, country, the codes of the

ICAO airport code), and the airport's name, with the airline's hubs marked. The list also contains the beginning and end year of services, with destinations marked if the services was not continual. IATA and ICAO codes are not given for airports which were closed or converted to general aviation
before being issued such codes.

The list includes destinations subcontracted to Busy Bee and later Norwegian Air Shuttle and operated as part of Braathens' network. It also includes Braathens' two subsidiaries in Sweden—Braathens Sverige and Malmö Aviation—although airports only served by Malmö Aviation are marked.[31] Braathens Helikopter operated to seven offshore oil platforms in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea—these are not included in the list.[32][33][34][35]

Hub
* Non-continuous service
# Only served by
Malmö Aviation
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Begin End Ref
Aalborg Denmark AAL EKYT Aalborg Airport 1960 1960 [9]
Alta Norway ALF ENAT Alta Airport 2002 2004 [29]
Ålesund Norway AES ENAL Ålesund Airport, Vigra 1958 2004 [8]
Alicante Spain ALC LEAL
Alicante International Airport
2000 2004 [29][36]
Amsterdam Netherlands AMS EHAM
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
1949* 2002* [1][29]
Bangkok Thailand BKK VTBD Don Mueang International Airport 1949 1954 [1]
Barcelona Spain BCN LEBL
Barcelona International Airport
2000 2004 [29][36]
Bardufoss Norway BDU ENDU Bardufoss Airport 2002 2004 [29]
Basra Iraq BSR ORMM Basra International Airport 1949 1954 [1]
Bergen Norway BGO ENBR Bergen Airport, Flesland 1958 2004 [8]
Bodø Norway BOO ENBO Bodø Airport 1967 2004 [10]
Bombay
India BOM VABB
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
1949 1954 [1]
Billund Denmark BLL EKBI Billund Airport 1989 2002 [15][29]
Cairo Egypt CAI HECA Cairo International Airport 1949 1954 [1]
Farsund Norway FAN ENLI Farsund Airport, Lista 1955 1992 [6][37]
Geneva Switzerland GVA LSGG
Geneva Cointrin International Airport
1949 1954 [1]
Gothenburg Sweden GOT ESGG Göteborg Landvetter Airport# 1998 2004 [31]
Halmstad Sweden HAD ESMT Halmstad Airport 1997 2004 [19]
Hamar Norway HMR ENHA Hamar Airport, Stafsberg 1956 1958 [6]
Harstad/Narvik Norway EVE ENEV Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes 1994 2004 [16]
Haugesund Norway HAU ENHD
Haugesund Airport, Karmøy
1984 2004 [24][37]
Hong Kong Hong Kong HKG VHHH Kai Tak Airport 1949 1954 [1]
Jönköping Sweden JKG ESGJ Jönköping Airport 1997 1999 [19]
Karachi Pakistan KHI OPKC Jinnah International Airport 1949 1954 [1]
Kirkenes Norway KKN ENKR
Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen
2002 2004 [29]
Kolkata India CCU VACC
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
1949 1954 [1]
Kristiansand Norway KRS ENCN
Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik
1955 2004 [6]
Kristiansund Norway KSU ENKB Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget 1970 2004 [38]
Lakselv Norway LKL ENNA
Lakselv Airport, Banak
2002 2004 [29]
London United Kingdom LCY EGLC London City Airport# 1998 2004 [31]
London United Kingdom LGW EGKK
London Gatwick Airport
1992 1998 [15][39]
London United Kingdom STN EGSS London Stansted Airport 1998 2002 [39]
Longyearbyen Norway LYR ENSB
Svalbard Airport, Longyear
1987 2002 [14][29]
Luleå Sweden LLA ESPA
Luleå Airport
1997 1999 [19]
Málaga Spain AGP LEMG Málaga Airport 2000 2004 [29]
Malmö Sweden MMX ESMX Malmö Airport 1991 2004 [15]
Molde Norway MOL ENML
Molde Airport, Årø
1972 2004 [40]
Murmansk Russia MMK ULMM Murmansk Airport 1993 2000 [15][36]
Newcastle United Kingdom NCL EGNT Newcastle Airport 1991 2002 [15][29]
Nice France NCE LFMN
Côte d'Azur International Airport
1996 2004 [29]
Notodden Norway NTB ENNO
Notodden Airport, Tuven
1956 1958 [6]
Oslo Norway FBU ENFB Oslo Airport, Fornebu 1949 1998 [8][24]
Oslo Norway OSL ENGM Oslo Airport, Gardermoen 1998 2004 [24]
Reykjavík Iceland KEF BIKF Keflavík International Airport 1952 1961 [3]
Rome Italy FCO LIRF
Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport
1949* 2002* [1]
Røros Norway RRS ENRO Røros Airport 1957* 1999* [6][36]
Saint Helier
Jersey JER EGJJ Jersey Airport 1996 2002 [17][29]
Sandefjord Norway TRF ENTO Sandefjord Airport, Torp 1960* 1999* [9][41]
Stavanger Norway SVG ENZV
Stavanger Airport, Sola
1949 2004 [1]
Stockholm Sweden ARN ESSA
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
1995 2000 [19]
Stockholm Sweden BMA ESSB
Stockholm-Bromma Airport
#
1998 2004 [31]
Sundsvall Sweden SDL ESNN
Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport
1997 1999 [19]
Tønsberg Norway ENJB Tønsberg Airport, Jarlsberg 1952 1958 [4][7]
Tromsø Norway TOS ENTC Tromsø Airport 1967 2004 [10]
Trondheim Norway Trondheim Airport, Lade 1953 1956 [42]
Trondheim Norway TRD ENVA
Trondheim Airport, Værnes
1956 2004 [42]
Umeå Sweden UME ESNU Umeå Airport 1997 1999 [19]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Tjomsland: p. 45
  2. ^ Tjomsland: 48
  3. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 75–83
  4. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 64–65
  5. ^ Tjomsland: pp. 66–67
  6. ^ a b c d e f Tjomsland: pp. 104–108
  7. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 118–120
  8. ^ a b c d Tjomsland: p. 112
  9. ^ a b c Tjomsland: p. 121
  10. ^ a b c Tjomsland: 173–178
  11. ^ Tjomsland: pp. 180–182
  12. ^ Tjomsland: pp. 183–185
  13. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 364–365
  14. ^ a b Tjomsland: p. 293
  15. ^ a b c d e f Tjomsland: pp. 295–304
  16. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 340–341
  17. ^ a b Lillesund, Geir (18 June 1996). "Braathens vil konkurrere med SAS på Stockholm-ruten" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency.
  18. ^ Guhnfeldt, Cato (27 June 1996). "Braathens-raid i Sverige". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 3.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g "Braathens kjøper Transwede" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 25 June 1996.
  20. ^ Sæthre, Lars N. (9 August 1997). "Braathens og KLM tar av". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 39.
  21. ^ Ottesen, Gregers (14 February 1998). "Hard luftkamp". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 7.
  22. ^ Sæthre, Lars N. (4 February 1997). "Braathens kjøper fly for 1,5 milliarder". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 46.
  23. ^ Lillesund, Geir (3 March 1998). "Braathens med to klasser og nytt emblem" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency.
  24. ^ a b c d Sæthre, Lars N. (12 March 1998). "Priskrig til glede for passasjerene: Kapasitetsboom på Gardermoen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 46.
  25. ^ "Color-avviklingen: - Som en bombe på de ansatte" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 September 1999.
  26. ^ Dahl, Flemming (29 October 1999). "Braathens kutter, Widerøe utvider". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 4.
  27. ^ Lillesund, Geir (14 June 2000). "Slutt for Braathens på Stockholm" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency.
  28. ^ Meyer, Henrik D. (23 October 2001). "SAS får kjøpe Braathens". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Larsen, Trygve (1 February 2002). "Lander på delt løsning". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 4.
  30. ^ Lillesund, Geir (10 March 2004). "Lindegaard: - Vi plukker det beste fra SAS og Braathens" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. p. 24.
  31. ^ a b c d "Braathens med 25 pst. av det svenske innenriks-marked" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 17 August 1998.
  32. ^ Bø, Trond (3 September 1990). "Klar til luftkamp om offshorekunder". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 14.
  33. ^ Bø, Trond (11 September 1991). "Øket konkurranse i Nordsjøen: Braathens vant helikopterkamp". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 40.
  34. ^ "Storkontrakt for fly". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 29 June 1991. p. 10.
  35. ^ "Braathens Helikopter får storkontrakt med BP" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 10 September 1991.
  36. ^ a b c d Lillesund, Geir (15 November 2000). "Braathens fortsetter omleggingen - kutter kortruter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency.
  37. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 268–277
  38. ^ Tjomsland: pp. 188–189
  39. ^ a b Ottesen, Gregers (8 January 1998). "Braathens satser tungt på London". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 6.
  40. ^ Tjomsland: 192
  41. ^ Lillesund, Geir (27 October 1999). "Braathens reduserer - og SAS følger etter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency.
  42. ^ a b Tjomsland: pp. 116–117

Bibliography

  • Tjomsland, Audun & Wilsberg, Kjell (1996). Braathens SAFE 50 år: Mot alle odds (in Norwegian). Oslo: Braathens SAFE. .

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