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SAS concludes DC-9 era after 48 years
21-10-2015
In late October, SAS will take leave of the Group's Boeing 717 aircraft last generation of DC-9 family, which has been part of SAS auspices since 1967.
(Updated at. 16: 10 *) On October 31, when the route SK1768 from Prague expected to arrive in Stockholm at. 20:35, ends an era in SAS.
For it is the last time that one of its routes, according to SAS is operated by an aircraft designed by American McDonnell Douglas.
After phasing out the last of SAS Boeing 717 aircraft flown by the subsidiary Blue1.
Since 1967, SAS has flown by aircraft from McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family of its route network.
First in the form of DC-9, since the MD-80 and MD-90, and as the Finnish SAS subsidiary Blue1, in 2011 received its first Boeing 717 aircraft was circle.
SAS bought never even 717'eren since the company after many years as a faithful McDonnell Douglas customer chose MD-95 / Boeing 717 from in favor of the Boeing 737-600.
Got 717'erne from Spanair
Instead of got SAS aircraft into its network through the back door, as the subsidiary Blue1 had to find a replacement for its Avro in 2011. Boeing 717 were released to fly on SAS 'route network after Blue1 was diverted to production of SAS in 2012.
The Finnish subsidiary received the planes through the now-defunct Spanair and its subsidiary AirBal.
"Boeing 717 aircraft have been efficient airplane in the 115-seat segment. The number of aircraft - nine in all - was too small to achieve economies of scale, "says Niklas Hårdänge, Director of Asset Management at SAS,
the reason for that 717'erne leaving SAS after just four years.
717'erne has not been a main role role in the SAS fleet history, but now the type of aircraft the honor of putting a memorable sentence for McDonnell Douglas era of SAS.
Blue1's 717'ere have SAS auspices primarily been used on routes to and from Helsinki, and also as a supplement on routes from Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen.
According to SAS, the last departure is already sold out.