Scanair

Scanair was a Swedish charter airline of Danish origins that operated between 1961 and 1994. Its head office was in Bromma, Stockholm Municipality, Sweden.

History

Scanair was founded in Denmark in June 1961 and was partially owned by Scandinavian Airlines. The first aircraft operated was a Douglas DC-7 for charter flights to Spain, North Africa, and the United States. In 1965, the headquarters was moved to Stockholm and SAS supplied Scanair with Douglas DC-8 aircraft. Soon thereafter, two Boeing 747s joined the growing fleet and Scanair soon became the biggest charter company in Scandinavia.
Other destinations served throughout the years the Canary Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the winter resorts of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. To increase capacity, the Airbus A300 was acquired, although their range was not sufficient for the needs and those were soon replaced with the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Scanair grew so much that by the 1980's, they were carrying over 2 million passengers a year, but that was not enough to turn a profit so it merged with the Danish airline Conair of Scandinavia on 1 January 1994. The new airline was called Premiair, which continues to operate today as Sunclass Airlines.

Over the years, Scanair operated the following aircraft:

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A300B4	3	1983	1987	Sold to Conair of Scandinavia
Boeing 747-200B	3	1982	1987	Leased from Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-8-55	2	1970	1980	Leased from Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-8-61	1	1987	1987	Leased from Icelandair
Douglas DC-8-62	2	1977	1986	Leased from Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-8-62CF	2	1979	1983	Leased from Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-8-63PF	2	1987	1989	Leased from Scandinavian Airlines
Douglas DC-8-63	7	1981	1989
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10	7	1988	1994
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	3	1992	1993	Leased from Scandinavian Airlines
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	3	1991	1994