Latest news 2000
SAS new long haul aircraft, Airbus A340-300.
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| 2000 | Topic |
| 21DEC | Delivery B737-800 no.13, SE-DYH Hötur Viking |
| DEC | Re-registration on 767 |
| In beguinning of December OY-KDO was re-registered. The new registration is LN-RCF. | |
| 12DEC | DC-9-81 out of operation |
| On 05DEC OY-KII was returned back to the owner and parked in Marana, outside Tucson, Arizona, U.S. It was routed via Keflavik, Iceland and Bangor, Maine. Arrived Marana 06DEC. | |
| 07DEC | SAAB 2000 out of operation |
| SE-LSE flew its last day of operation 27NOV. | |
| 01DEC | Delivery B737-800 no.12, LN-RPN Bergfora Viking |
| 23NOV | New President and CEO at SAS. |
| The Board of SAS today
appointed Jørgen Lindegaard, currently president and CEO of Danish GN
Store Nord A/S (GN Great Nordic Ltd) as the new president and CEO of SAS.
He will assume this position on June 1, 2001. Read more. |
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| 10NOV | Delivery B737-800 no.11, SE-DYG (now LN-RPM) Frigg Viking |
| 07OCT | Delivery B737-800 no.10, SE-DYC (now LN-RPL) Svanevit Viking |
| 06OCT | SAAB 2000 out of operation |
| SE-LSC flew its last day of operation 24SEP. | |
| 13SEP | SAAB 2000 out of operation |
| The first of SAS' SAAB 2000 will be returned to SAAB now in September. All remaining 4 will be out of operation in March next year. | |
| 29SEP | Delivery B737-800 no.09, SE-DTP (now LN-RPR) Ore Viking |
| 28SEP | Delivery B737-800 no.08, SE-DTO (now LN-RPP) Gerda Viking |
| 07SEP | Last flight DC-9-80 |
| The last DC-9-80 in operation for SAS will do its last flight, a positioning flight(empty), ARN to OSL on 17SEP00. | |
| 05SEP | Repainting SAS Boeing 767-300 |
| Through the 767 fleet office we were told that two of our 767's will be painted in the new livery. Both are planned this fall/winter. | |
| 20AUG | Delivery B737-800 no.07, SE-DTN Thorleif Viking |
| 09AUG | Delivery B737-800 no.06, SE-DYA Gyrd Viking |
| 27JUL | Delivery B737-600 no.30, SE-DTZ Ramveig Viking |
| 20JUN | Delivery B737-800 no.05, SE-DTY Thorgrim Viking |
| 08JUN | Delivery B737-800 no.04, SE-DTX Oddrun Viking |
| 07JUN | New all time high |
| SAS flew 1139 flights which is an all time high. This includes also SAS Commuter flights. | |
| 16MAY | Delivery B737-800 no.03, SE-DTM Mimer Viking |
| 10MAY | Delivery B737-800 no.02, SE-DTL Gunn Viking |
| 08MAY | First day of operation for 737-800, SE-DTK |
| The first scheduled flight for our new 737-800 went from ARN to MMX at 15.00 LT (ATD 15.50) and back. Next flight was from ARN to LLA at 18.30 LT (ATD 18.49). | |
| 05MAY | Delivery B737-800 no.01, SE-DTK Hedrun Viking |
| 01MAY | 40 years since first DC-8 flight |
| On 01MAY it is 40 years since first DC-8 started in SAS operation. Read an article (in swedish) written by one of our visitors, Mr Hans Jakobsson. | |
| 31MAR | Delivery B737-700 no.06, LN-RPK Heimer Viking |
| 25FEB | Delivery B737-700 no.05, LN-RPJ Grimhild Viking |
| 17FEB | SAS buys Airbus aircraft |
| SAS has decided to invest in new aircraft for our European and Scandinavian traffic. The order includes twelve Airbus A321-100 and an option of ten more. . | |
| 05FEB | Delivery B737-700 no.04, OY-KKR Gjuke Viking |
| 31JAN | Boeing 767, SE-DKZ, out of operation |
| One of the fourteen Boeing 767 in SAS, SE-DKZ, is now out of operation. | |
| 20JAN | Delivery B737-700 no.03, OY-KKI Borgny Viking |
| 12JAN | Delivery B737-700 no.02, SE-DTI Erland Viking |
| 07JAN | Re-registrations 737 |
| Four (4) of our 737-600 were re-registered in NOV. See "737 registration". |
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