End of an era: SAS retires last A340

1 December marks an end of an era with SAS, as the airline is retiring its last A340. OY-KBM, wearing the Star Alliance-livery, left Copenhagen on this date for Tucson (AZ) as SK9155. It will eventually carry on to Marana (AZ).

Over the years Scandinavian Airlines operated eight A340-300s, the first of which was delivered to the airline on 15 November 2001. For years the A340 formed the backbone of the airline's long-haul network, later supplemented with the A330-300. Currently, SAS' longhaul-fleet consists of nine A330-300s and four A350-900s.