Scanair
{{Short description|Defunct charter airline, Stockholm, 1961–1994}}
{{Infobox Airline
| airline = Scanair
| image = Scanair.jpeg
| image_size = 125
| IATA = DK
| ICAO = VKG
| callsign = VIKING
| founded = {{start date|1961|06|df=y}}
| commenced = {{start date|1961|09|04|df=y}}
| ceased = {{start date|1994|01|01|df=y}} (merged with Conair of Scandinavia to form Premiair)
| bases = Stockholm Arlanda Airport
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| subsidiaries =
| fleet_size = 4
| destinations =
| parent = Scandinavian Airlines
| headquarters = Stockholm, Sweden
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Scanair was a Swedish charter airline of Danish origins that operated between 1961 and 1994. Its head office was in Bromma, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden."World Airline Directory." Flight International. 24-30 March 1993. [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200643.html?search=Scanair 120].
History
Scanair was founded in Denmark in June 1961 and was partially owned by Scandinavian Airlines. The first aircraft operated was a Douglas DC-7 for charter flights to Spain, North Africa, and the United States. In 1965, the headquarters was moved to Stockholm and SAS supplied Scanair with Douglas DC-8 aircraft. Soon thereafter, two Boeing 747s joined the growing fleet and Scanair soon became the biggest charter company in Scandinavia.
Other destinations served throughout the years the Canary Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the winter resorts of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. To increase capacity, the Airbus A300 was acquired, although their range was not sufficient for the needs and those were soon replaced with the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Scanair grew so much that by the 1980's, they were carrying over 2 million passengers a year, but that was not enough to turn a profit so it mergers with the Danish airline Conair of Scandinavia on 1 January 1994. The new airline was called Premiair, which continues to operate today as Sunclass Airlines.Hengi, {{page needed|date=June 2015}}
Business management
=CEOs=
- 1961–1968 - Svend Thorkild Thomasen
- 1968–1970 - Johan H Paus
- 1970–1971 - Anders Eriksson
- 1971–1976 - Carl-Olov Munkberg
- 1976–1982 - Georg Olsson
- 1982–1984 - Bengt A Hägglund
- 1984–1990 - Henrik Meldahl
- 1990–1991 - Jan Sundling
- 1991–1993 - Thomas Rosenqvist
=Chairman of the board=
- 1969–1978 - Knut Hagrup
Fleet
File:Scanair_DC-8-55.jpg at Palma de Mallorca Airport in 1976]]
File:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, Scanair AN0199521.jpg at Miami International Airport in 1990]]
Over the years, Scanair operated the following aircraft:{{Cn|date=January 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Scanair.html|title=Scanair|website=Aerobernie.bplaced.net|access-date=April 12, 2023}}
| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ Scanair fleet |
| Aircraft
!Total !Introduced !Retired !Notes |
|---|
| Airbus A300B4
|3 |1983 |1987 |Sold to Conair of Scandinavia |
| Boeing 747-200B
|3 |1982 |1987 |rowspan=2|Leased from Scandinavian Airlines |
| Douglas DC-8-55
|2 |1970 |1980 |
| Douglas DC-8-61
|1 |1987 |1987 |Leased from Icelandair |
| Douglas DC-8-62
|2 |1977 |1986 |rowspan=3|Leased from Scandinavian Airlines |
| Douglas DC-8-62CF
|2 |1979 |1983 |
| Douglas DC-8-63PF
|2 |1987 |1989 |
| Douglas DC-8-63
|7 |1981 |1989 | |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
|7 |1988 |1994 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82
|3 |1992 |1993 |Leased from Scandinavian Airlines |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82
|3 |1991 |1994 | |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book|last=Hengi|first=B. I.|title=Airlines Remembered|year= 2000|publisher=Midland Publishing|location=Hersham, England, UK|isbn=978-1857800913}}
External links
{{commonscat|Scanair}}
- [http://www.hjak.se/scanair Scanair Magazine - Historien om Skandinaviens största charterflyg]
- [http://www.scanair.no/ SCANAIR historical website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080304062352/http://www.uniformfreak.com/1scanair.html SCANAIR uniforms at uniformfreak.com]
- [https://www.angelfire.com/nt/scanair/ Another SCANAIR history site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050811085609/http://www.geocities.com/nordwing/Scanair_fleet.html SCANAIR Fleet details]
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