Latest news 1999

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1999	Topic
23DEC	Boeing delivers last MD-80
	Boeing Delivers Last Ever MD-80 to TWA LONG BEACH, Calif., Dec. 21 In ceremonies attended by more than 1,000 employees, government officials and other guests today at the Boeing plant here, Trans World Airlines, Inc., took delivery of the last MD-80 to come off the twinjet production line. During the ceremonies, Long Beach Mayor Beverly O'Neill christened the last MD-80 "Spirit of Long Beach" in honor of all the men and women who have built MD-80s for two decades at the Long Beach facility. The MD-80 is one of the most successful airplane programs in commercial aviation history. Douglas Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing delivered 1,191 MD-80s from 1979 to 1999. More than 1,180 are still in service with more than 50 domestic and foreign airlines. The MD-80 is the quiet, clean and modern successor to the popular DC-9. The company produced 976 DC-9s from 1965 to 1982. SOURCE Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
21DEC	Delivery B737-600 no.29, SE-DTH Vile Viking
15DEC	SAS buys Airbus aircraft
	SAS has today made the decision to buy long haul aircraft. The order includes four A330-300 and six A340-300. The first delivery is estimated to the summer of 2001. Read more (incl. video links), A340 gallery
14DEC	Remaining DC-9-21' s
	Some destinations operated by the 3 remaining DC-9-21 (OY-KGF, OY-KID, OY-KIE) out from ARN,CPH,OSL and GOT is: AMS, GOT, FRA, CDG, LHR, TLL, WAW.
10DEC	DC-9-21 out of operation
	One of the four remaining DC-9-21 in SAS, OY-KIA, is now out of operation. In the next couple of weeks it will be flown to Timco, Florida. Added 14DEC Destinations operated by the DC-9-21 is ARN-AMS, GOT-CPH, GOT-FRA, GOT-CDG, OSL-LHR, ARN-TLL, ARN-WAW
06NOV	Delivery B737-600 no.28, OY-KKP Ragna Viking
05NOV	Delivery B737-700 no.01, SE-DTG Solveig Viking
05NOV	Boeing Business Jet made the longest 373 flight
	We found an interesting article by Boeing about the longest non-stop 737 flight ever was made in April 1999.
31OCT	The last tour of SAS F28s
	On 31OCT the last tour with SAS F28 was made, from Stockholm-Arlanda (STO) to Ängelholm (AGH) and back. Read two articles: - About F28 (in swedish) by Capt. Rolf Wallin. - "The last tour of SAS F28s" by Mr. Jens Ericsson
27OCT	Another F28 sold
	On 26OCT SAS sold another of its Fokker F28-4000, reg no. SE-DGF. The new owner is Intensiwe Air (PTY) Ltd. in South Africa. The new reg. no. will be XS-XGX.
22OCT	New rules regardning unruly passengers
	SAS aims to minimize the occurence of disruptive events on board its aircraft.
17OCT	KFOR flight to Thessaloniki (SKG)
	SAS assisted the UN in transporting Swedish KFOR forces from Stockholm-Skavsta Airport to Thessaloniki.
15OCT	KFOR flight to Skopje (SKP)
	SAS assisted the UN in transporting Swedish KFOR forces from Stockholm-Skavsta Airport to Skopje.
07OCT	8.33 kHz channel spacing
	The implementation of 8.33 kHz channel spacing in the upper airspace of the central and western parts of Europe on 07OCT, 1999, went very smoothly according to a report from IATA.
06OCT	Delivery B737-600 no.27, SE-DTU Vilborg Viking
25SEP	Delivery B737-600 no.26, LN-RPH Hamder Viking
16SEP	Delivery B737-600 no.25, SE-DTF Torbjörn Viking
10AUG	Delivery B737-600 no.24, SE-DNZ Sigfrid Viking
04AUG	Delivery B737-600 no.23, SE-DNY Yngvar Viking
30JUL	Delivery B737-600 no.22, LN-RPF Frede Viking
28JUL	Delivery B737-600 no.21, LN-RPE Edla Viking
05JUL	SAS returns one DC-9-41, reg. SE-DAX. Now 20 in all.
	Back to leasing company Tombo Aviation, Toronto, Canada.
26JUN	Delivery B737-600 no.20, OY-KKF Fridlev Viking
20JUN	Delivery B737-600 no.19, OY-KKE Torvald Viking
14MAY	Delivery B737-600 no.18, SE-DNX Torvald Viking
07MAY	"It's Scandinavian"
	The comprehensive changes now implemented within SAS extend from the development of new products and product concepts to a range of projects and efforts designed to increase the focus on customers in the areas of quality, service and customer treatment.
30APR	Delivery B737-600 no.16, SE-DNU Unn Viking (delayed)
27APR	Delivery B737-600 no. 17, LN-RPG Geirmund Viking
26APR	SAS and Caravelle
	Today 40 years ago SAS flew Caravelle for the first time with paying passengers. LN-KLH, "Finn Viking", from Bromma to Beirut via Copenhagen and other airports of Europe. 15MAY59 was first day in regular traffic.
26APR	Boeing 737- 600 Y2K tested
	On the 16APR Boeing Co. simulated New Year´s Eve in a final test flight to prove the world´s commercial jet fleet is ready for the year 2000. Boeing used SAS 737-600, reg. LN-RPG. See articles. See photos.
26APR	Change of registration
	April 01 SAS changed registration of 6 DC-9-41´s from Norwegian (LN) registration to Swedish (SE). Following aircraft were changed: LN-RLA to SE-DOI LN-RLT to SE-DOK LN-RLN to SE-DOL LN-RLZ to SE-DOM LN-RLH to SE-DON LN-RLP to SE-DOO
22APR	New all time high
	Today SAS flew 1121 flights which is an all time high. This includes also SAS Commuter flights.
22APR	Delivery B737-600 no.15, SE-DNT Snefrid Viking
21MAR	Delivery B737-600 no.14, OY-KKH Embla Viking
26FEB	New airways in France.
26FEB	Delivery B737-600 no.13, OY-KKG Sindre Viking
09FEB	Delivery B737-600 no.12, OY-KKD Ellida Viking
31JAN	Delivery B737-600 no.11, OY-KKC Gautrek Viking
21JAN	Delivery B737-600 no.10, SE-DNS Ragnfast Viking
18JAN	SE-DNR Ragnfast Viking
	The delivery flight, on 07JAN, the aircraft was airborn 10h 04min. Probably new world record for 737...!?
07JAN	Delivery B737-600 no.9, SE-DNR Ragnfast Viking
02JAN99	SAS starts repainting aircraft
	Today SAS starts repainting all MD-80, MD-90 and DC-9 in the new colors. This job will continue until June 2000. The paintjob will be done in Holland and Germany.

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