Braathens

Braathens is a Norwegian airline formed in 1946. For many years, Braathens was known as Braathens SAFE, the latter part being an acronym standing for South American and Far East.

Originally an international airline, Braathens lost its certificate to operate international flights in 1951, and was forced to rebuild the airline's structure to turn it into a successful domestic-only airline.

Soon after the jet age began, Braathens acquired some different types of jet aircraft, and in 1989, they were certified once again to fly international routes in addition to the domestic ones. Apart from their regular flights, they also operate as a charter airline. In 1996, Braathens took over Transwede, and in 1998, Malmo Aviation.

That was also the year when Braathens formed an alliance with KLM and Northwest Airlines. Alitalia was supposed to also join that alliance, but later decided not to. In 2001, Braathens was bought by the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), although they were able to keep operating under their name. That year also, Braathens dropped the SAFE from their name, and the company was known as Braathens untill 2004, when it merged its operations in Norway with SAS, forming SAS Braathens.

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