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Archive "Latest news": 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
| 1998 | Topic | ||||
| 09DEC | New all time high | ||||
| Today SAS flew 1119 flights which is an all time high. This includes also SAS Commuter flights. | |||||
| 26NOV | Delivery B737-600 no.8, SE-DNP Gisla Viking | ||||
| 16NOV | Delivery B737-600 no.7, LN-RPB Bure Viking | ||||
| 06NOV | Delivery B737-600 no. 6, OY-KKB Bera Viking | ||||
| 25OCT | First day of operation
for new 737-600, OY-KKA and LN-RPA |
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| SAS new aircraft, first destinations; Paris and Amsterdam | |||||
| 22OCT | Delivery B737-600 no.5, SE-DNN Nanna Viking | ||||
| 19OCT | Delivery B737-600 no.4, SE-DNO Olof Viking | ||||
| 10OCT | Delivery B737-600 no.3, LN-RPA Arnljot Vikings | ||||
| 08OCT | Gardermoen- Oslo new airport opens | ||||
| Airtraffic starts operating today, Gardermoen | |||||
| Airspace -98 | |||||
| New airways in Scandinavia starts today. | |||||
| 07OCT | Last day at Fornebu, Oslo airport | ||||
| Today, 07OCT, is the last
day SAS operates at Fornebu Airport. Tomorrow opens Oslo new airport, Gardermoen |
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| 06OCT | Airspace -98 | ||||
| On 08OCT the work to re-route the airways in Europe starts, in order to allow increased traffic flow. First step is Scandinavia. | |||||
| 01OCT | Delivery B737-600 no.2, OY-KKA Alvid Viking | ||||
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| From this date, more reports about 737-600 on the 737 section |
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| 21SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 2. Delivery
B737-600 OY-KKA Alvid Viking FAA Check flight: 22SEP Customer walk: 23SEP. Customer flight: 24SEP. Preparation for delivery 25-28SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 29SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 19SEP | Delivery B737-600 no.1, SE-DNM Bernt Viking | ||||
| 16SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 7. Delivery B737-600
SE-DNM Bernt Viking Preparation for delivery 16-17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 14SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 6. Delivery B737-600
SE-DNM Bernt Viking Still some work to be done Anticipate FAA ticket 17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 13SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 5. Delivery B737-600
SE-DNM Bernt Viking Reflight permormed SEP13 Preparation for delivery 13-17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 12SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 4. Delivery B737-600
SE-DNM Bernt Viking Customer walk finished: 12SEP. Customer acceptance flight performed: 12SEP, one squake, reflight SEP13 Preparation for delivery 13-17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 11SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 3. Delivery B737-600
SE-DNM Bernt Viking Customer walk performed(90%): 10SEP. Customer walk continues: 11SEP Customer acceptance flight: 12SEP. Preparation for delivery 13-17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 10SEP | New all time high | ||||
| Today SAS flew 1109 flights which is an all time high. This includes also SAS Commuter flights. | |||||
| Delivery News 737-600 | |||||
| Report no. 1. Delivery B737-600
OY-KKA Alvid Viking OY-KKA out from paint: 06SEP Inspection of paint anticipated: 10SEP Boeing flight no. 3: 18SEP FAA Check flight: 21SEP Customer walk: 22SEP. Customer flight: 23SEP. Preparation for delivery 24-28SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 29SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| Report no. 2. Delivery
B737-600 SE-DNM Bernt Viking Anticipate customer walk: 10SEP. Anticipate customer flights: 12SEP. Preparation for delivery 13-17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 07SEP | Delivery News 737-600 | ||||
| Report no. 1. Delivery
B737-600 SE-DNM Bernt Viking First of a model flight(FAA), were flown 03SEP, 8 squaks, 2 of them requires reflight. Reflight planned 08SEP. FAA safety walk performed 04SEP. No remarks. Aircraft has 22 certification items in progress. Customer walk: 12SEP. Customer flights: 14SEP. Preparation for delivery 15-17SEP. Title transfer and flyaway: 18SEP. (read more about 737-600) |
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| 04SEP | Swissair accident yesterday | ||||
| A fatal accident is a source
of concern for everyone in the aviation industry. Our deep sympathy and concern is with the families, friends and loved ones affected by this tragic occurrence. |
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| 03SEP | New all time high | ||||
| Today SAS flew 1107 flights which is an all time high. This includes also SAS Commuter flights. | |||||
| 02SEP | Delay of first 737-600 | ||||
| Due to the paperwork for the JAA certification of the first 737-600, SAS' first delivery will be delayed until 18SEP98 with arrival Stockholm 19SEP98. (read more about 737-600) | |||||
| 27AUG | New all time high | ||||
| Today SAS flew 1104 flights which is an all time high. This includes also SAS Commuter flights. | |||||
| 24AUG | Afghanistan - U.S. attack on terrorist camp | ||||
| SAS have today decided to resume normal overflying of Afghanistan. | |||||
| 21AUG | Afghanistan - U.S. attack on terrorist camp | ||||
| SAS temporarily stops flying over Afghanistan until the situation after the U.S. attack on terrorist camps clears. The present routing is over Syria and Saudi Arabia awaiting overflying permit over Iran. | |||||
| 13AUG | SAS 737-600 FAA Certified | ||||
| At 16.00 Seattle Local Time today, the FAA certified the first SAS 737-600 aircraft. The delivery date 15SEP98 is still valid. The aircraft is already painted in the new SAS colors and will be presented to the public on 20SEP. | |||||
| 31JUL | Delivery dates set for the first 737-600 | ||||
| Delivery dates for the first 3 Boeing 737-600 have been set according to below: | |||||
| No. 1 2 3 |
Del. Date 15SEP98 22SEP98 29SEP98 |
Reg. SE-DNM OY-KKA LN-RPA |
Name Bernt Viking Alvid Viking Arnljot Viking |
Ser. No. 28288 28289 28290 |
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| 09JUL | Additional Boeing 737s ordered | ||||
| SAS have recently transferred
options to firm orders for a total of 55 Boeing 737s. In addition SAS and Boeing have agreed that SAS at all times shall have 35 options. In connection with this agreement, SAS have transferred 5 MD-90 options to Boeing 737. So far there are no firm orders for the stretched versions (-700/800/900) but SAS have agreed that 12 out of the first 76 aircraft shall be stretched. |
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| 10JUN98 | 1100 Flown flights on one day. New SAS record. | ||||
| This new record was the sum of the following flights: | |||||
| Denmark Norway Sweden Intra-Scandinavian Europe Intercontinental |
58 181 240 238 363 20 |
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| 04JUN98 | Last MD-80 aircraft leased to Reno Air will be returned the coming week. | ||||
| SAS has since 1993 had
4 MD-80 aircraft leased out to Reno Air, USA. (SE-DFU, SE-DID, SE-DFX
and OY-KHE). During the spring these aircraft have been returned to SAS.
By now SE-DFU and SE-DID are back in SAS operation while SE-DFX is with
Shannon Aerospace, Shannon, Ireland, for Post Delivery Modification, PDM,
work. At the PDM the aircraft is refurbished to SAS standard so as to
fully conform with the equipment and location specification for our other
MD-80 aircraft. Also OY-KHE that will be test flown by SAS Flight Operations in Oklahoma the coming week, will be flown to Shannon for PDM. An ex. Swissair DC-9-80 which SAS has leased (SE-DMT) is presently also in Shannon for modification work. The work consists, among other things, of Autobrake System installation and cabin refurbishment to SAS standard. |
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| 15MAY98 | Aircraft Training for the first 737 pilots. | ||||
| Germania has announced
that the 737-700 airplane intended for SAS flight training is delayed
from Boeing. Expected date for start of training is now 22JUN98. This
delay will cause severe problem for the flight training. SAS will maintain
discussion with Germania to receive all available slots for training utilizing
the already delivered aircraft. Training might be available during night
time from Berlin, SXF. SAS has also been in contact with Maersk for using any available aircraft. |
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| 14MAY98 | Number of aircraft movements during one day - new all time high. | ||||
| This day there were 1099 SK-departures. An additional 6 flight were cancelled for technical reasons. An exceedance of 1100 flights on a single day is expected within short. | |||||
| 05MAY98 | Training of pilots for the new Boeing 737-600 fleet. | ||||
| The first SAS Boeing 737-600 aircraft is expected to be delivered from Boeing around 24SEP98. In order to be able to cope with the accelerated delivery pace (8 aircraft during SEP-DEC98) training of pilots has already begun. Before end of the year 183 SAS pilots will have transferred to the new Boeing 737 aircraft | |||||
| 23APR98 | Number of aircraft movements during one day - new all time high. | ||||
| This day there were 1096 SK-departures. The latest all time high were from 22APR98 (1089 movements) superseeding an all time high of 1078 aircraft movements from 14MAY93. | |||||
Archive "Latest news": 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
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June 24, 2008 9:41
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