Scandinavian Airlines SAS Braathens
scandinavian airlines founded on 1 august 1946 when flag carriers of denmark, sweden , norway formed partnership handle intercontinental traffic scandinavia. operations started on 17 september 1946. det norske luftfartselskab (dnl) former norwegian flag carrier founded in 1927. companies embarked on coordination of european operations in 1948 , merged form current sas consortium in 1951. upon foundation airline divided between sas danmark (28.6%), sas norge (28.6%) , sas sweden (42.8%), owned 50% private investors , 50% respective governments. sas gradually acquired control of domestic markets in 3 countries acquiring full or partial control of several local airlines. ownership structure of sas changed in june 2001, holding company being created in holdings of governments changed sweden (21.4%), norway (14.3%) , denmark (14.3%) , remaining 50% publicly held , traded on stock market.
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