Scanair
IATA ICAO Callsign
DK VKG VIKING
FoundedJune 1961 (1961-06)
Commenced operations4 September 1961 (1961-09-04)
Ceased operations1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) (merged with Conair of Scandinavia to form Premiair)
Operating basesStockholm Arlanda Airport
Fleet size4
Parent companyScandinavian Airlines
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden

Scanair was a Swedish charter airline of Danish origins that operated between 1961 and 1994. Its head office was in Bromma, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden.[1]

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.[2]

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

Fleet

A Scanair Douglas DC-8-55 at Palma de Mallorca Airport in 1976
A Scanair McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 at Miami International Airport in 1990

Over the years, Scanair operated the following aircraft:[3][4]

Scanair fleet
Aircraft Total Introduced Retired Notes
Airbus A300B4 3 1983 1987 Sold to Conair of Scandinavia
Boeing 747-200B 3 1982 1987 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 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

  1. ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 24-30 March 1993. 120.
  2. ↑ Hengi,
  3. ↑ "Scanair Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Scanair". Aerobernie.bplaced.net. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  • Hengi, B. I. (2000). Airlines Remembered. Hersham, England, UK: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1857800913.
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