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  Braathens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When Braathens applied for a renewed concession for the Far Eastern route in 1954, they were turned down, and Braathens was forced to rebuild the airline's structure to turn it into a successful domestic-only airline.
Braathens also dropped the SAFE from their name, and the company was known as Braathens until 2004.
The Braathen family still own the Swedish airline Malmö Aviation, which was separated from Braathens as a result of the takeover by SAS.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Braathens   (424 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / SAS Braathen airline offices raided   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Authorities raided the offices of SAS Braathens on Tuesday, seeking evidence that the airline may be illegally undercutting a competitor.
SAS Braathens was formed with the merger of the Norwegian unit of Scandinavian Airlines System and the Norwegian airline Braathens earlier this year.
SAS Braathens spokeswoman Siv Meisingseth said the airline was cooperating with the authority.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/06/22/sas_braathen_airline_offices_raided   (342 words)

  
 EUTO - European Union of Tourist Officers
SAS is undergoing a restructuring program aimed at securing sustained profitability in the face of overall lower yields, and said its was proceeding according to plan.
SAS is organizing all airline operations in Norway in a single company, with the merger of Scandinavian Airlines and Braathens, to be known as SAS-Braathens.
SAS Braathens will be active in the market in May. The basis for the new operation will be the combined traffic program currently operated by Braathens and Scandinavian Airlines in Norway, reinforced by increased production and new routes.
www.euto.org /pages/news_story.asp?id=73   (502 words)

  
 SAS Braathens Accused of Unfair Competition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
SAS Braathens is already fighting a 20 million kroner ($3.08 million) fine imposed by the authority in December after claims of unfair competition against small rival, Coast Air, on a route between the Norwegian cities of Oslo and Haugesund.
SAS Braathens managing director Petter Jansen said the airline will study the allegations closely, and is likely to fight them in court.
SAS Braathens was formed with the merger of the Norwegian unit of Scandinavian Airlines System and the SAS-owned Norwegian airline Braathens in 2004.
www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/cg/Ayb75007220.Rjy0_Fu4.html   (352 words)

  
 Authorities raid SAS Braathens
The authorities recently ruled, however, that SAS Braathens did not violate Norway's competition law during an earlier period, from January to September 2003.
SAS Braathens issued a press statement claiming that the authorities' efforts to secure evidence "doesn't mean SAS Braathens...
SAS Braathens noted that the authorities have conducted similar raids at several other Norwegian companies as part of their work routines.
www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article814813.ece?service=print   (236 words)

  
 Saba >> News & Events >> Press Releases >> 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Braathens, Norway’s biggest airline and a member of the SAS group, purchased Saba Enterprise Learning to help train and certify its employees and establish a competency framework.
SAS Braathens was established in 2004 as a company within the SAS Group.
SAS Braathens is the biggest operating airline in Norway with nearly 500 flights per day serving over 40 destinations in Norway and Europe.
www.saba.com /news_events/press_releases/2004/news_112904.htm   (459 words)

  
 SAS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sas coat of arms, a Polish coat of arms
Sas (town), a town in North Brabant, Netherlands
Sas of Moldavia, a Voivode ruling over the lands of what was to become Moldavia between 1354-1358
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SAS   (318 words)

  
 CSC: CSC SIGNS $63 MILLION IT OUTSOURCING CONTRACT WITH SAS BRAATHENS November 12, 2004
SAS Braathans is a subsidiary of SAS Group.
Approximately 40 SAS Braathens employees are expected to transfer to CSC in Norway on Dec. 1.
Established in Spring 2004 SAS Braathens is the largest airline in Norway, operating 440 departures everyday to 41 European destinations from Longyearbyen in Svalbard to Las Palmas in Spain.
www.csc.com /newsandevents/news/3161.shtml   (439 words)

  
 www.n3sport.no   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
SAS Braathens har inngått ny sponsoravtale med herrelandslaget i langrenn.
SAS hadde på nittitallet stor suksess som økonomisk støttespiller for skigutta.
Den nye avtalen innebærer at SAS Braathens blir sponsor for allround langrenn for herrer og kommer til å sørge for svært mange reiser for idrettsutøverne.
www.n3sport.no /organisation.asp?WCI=wiNews&WCU=153788&id=381   (200 words)

  
 Braathens Lifts Fares By Up To 35 Percent
SAS Braathens said its price rises on domestic airfares would be about 100 Norwegian crowns (USD$14.31) on average, ranging from 45 to 155 crowns.
SAS Braathens said the new prices would be in effect on tickets bought as of Tuesday for flights from August 17.
SAS, like many airlines, has suffered from a plunge in travel in recent years because of a sluggish world economy and fear of terrorist attacks, combined with a slide in fares caused by competition from budget carriers such as Norwegian Air Shuttle.
news.airwise.com /stories/2004/08/1091527262.html   (402 words)

  
 Nettavisen: News in English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The competition authority recently concluded that SAS Braathens had not breached competition laws, but the so-called acquittal was only in reference to the period January to September 2003.
Bjørn Kjos, head of Norwegian, has accused SAS Braathens for deliberately trying to push them out of the market, and the NCA is investigating whether or not there is any truth to the accusations.
If SAS Braathen’s is found guilty for breaching the laws of competition, the company is facing fines of several hundred million Norwegian Krone.
pub.tv2.no /nettavisen/english/article243298.ece   (460 words)

  
 SAS Braathens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A total of some 50 aircraft will be repainted successively in the SAS Braathens colors and have the Norwegian flag added to the fuselage.
Braathens brought a fleet of 26 aircraft into the merger with SAS and all of them will be repainted.
In addition, a number of SAS aircraft will have SAS Braathens banners added, resulting in a total of some 50 aircraft.
www.sasflightops.com /gallery/B737/sas_braathens_01.htm   (117 words)

  
 e-Travel Blackboard: Australia's Number One Industry Newsletter
The management of SAS Braathens has reached agreement with the pilots' unions of Scandinavian Airlines and Braathens regarding a recommended proposal for a new pilots' agreement.
As a result, the scene is set for all of the approximately 800 pilots at Scandinavian Airlines in Norway and at Braathens to be transferred to their new employer, SAS Braathens, by the end of December this year.
Jack Netskar, head of the Norwegian SAS Pilots' Association, says that the agreement proposal contains such major changes and is such an important document that his members could make their views known in a ballot.
www.etravelblackboard.com /index.asp?id=33263   (404 words)

  
 Nettavisen: News in English   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The SAS administration is suggesting that SAS and Braathens join forces, and the employees in both companies must prepare themselves on taking a pay cut.
According to SAS press release, a company like that will either mean that all the business is collected in one of the existing companies, or in a new one.
The only thing that appears clear is that the employees in both SAS and Braathens will bring with them their seniority into the new company, and they will rank equally when it comes to possible demanning.
pub.tv2.no /nettavisen/english/article178887.ece   (841 words)

  
 Controversial court ruling in ownership transfer case
SAS and Braathens were previously competitors in Norwegian domestic aviation, but following a long period of financial difficulties, Braathens was taken over by SAS in 2001.
Arguing that this was an act of discrimination between previous employees of Braathens and those of SAS, and as such a breach of the provisions concerning transfers of ownership in the AML, the employees filed a lawsuit against the new owner, SAS.
Less than 20% of the Braathens’ ground handling activity (employees and equipment) was transferred to SGS, and this must thus be seen as an act of outsourcing rather than a transfer of ownership.
www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int /2003/11/inbrief/no0311101n.html   (600 words)

  
 Luchtzak Aviation | Forums | Civil Aviation | Different SAS - Whatever your aviation question is, we will answer it!!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
SAS Braathens has its background in the merger of Braathens and the Norwegian part of Scandinavian Airlines in the spring of 2004.
SAS Braathens are operating on the Norwegian domestic market as well as the international from Norway to other European countries.
SAS Sweden, SAS Denmark, SAS International, and SAS Braathens (wich is a merger of the newly formed SAS Norway and Braathens, an airline they also owned.
www.luchtzak.be /postt15712.html   (601 words)

  
 SAS Braathens sues state - Aftenposten.no
Airline SAS Braathens will sue the Norwegian Competition Authority after receiving a fine for underpricing their route between Haugesund and Oslo in 2004.
SAS Braathens has contested the fine several times, unsuccessfully.
Jansen said the the suit is also partly motivated out of a fear that the decision could force the company to drop less trafficked routes, or reduce capacity if confronted with a hard competitor on certain routes.
www.aftenposten.no /english/business/article1157683.ece   (309 words)

  
 Changed Airline Liveries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Quite a departure from the 'safe' colourscheme worn previously, but this colourscheme (introduced during the year 2000) met with outrage, both from customers as well as Braathens' own staff and measures were taken to discontinue this livery change and to remain with the previous one..
During 2002 SAS received permission, by EU Brussels, to take over Braathens, subject Braathens was to sell 20% of its fleet (worth usd125 million).
In 2004 SAS Braathens was to become the new name for Braathens A/S since its takeover by SAS (commencing June 2004) and was rebranded as a low-cost, no-frills company (these companies became known as "LCC's").
www.ruudleeuw.com /xcs-braathens.htm   (309 words)

  
 amcham.no - American Chamber of Commerce in Norway
If the board approves the proposal, the SAS managements in the three countries will be responsible for their own planes and staff.
The hope is to make the SAS organization more streamlined so that the company will be better at competing with discount fare companies that have routes in Norway and Sweden.
The SAS management decided in the beginning of this month that the businesses to Braathens and SAS in Norway were going to be joined into one company.
www.am-cham.com /news/news.asp?id=1392   (320 words)

  
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SAS Braathens Magasinet vant flere priser på Kommunikasjonsdagen 30 mars 2006 i Oslo.
SAS Media represents airBaltic and their media opportunites in the air.
SAS Seat Table is an advertisment placed on the back of the seat in front of the passenger in Business, Economy Flex and Economy.
www.sasmedia.se   (339 words)

  
 Focus on Travel News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The new union agreements within the SAS Group are now concluded and as a result the Turnaround 2005 action program can be implemented as planned.
In Norway, Scandinavian Airlines will be integrated with Braathens and the combined operations will become a subsidiary in the SAS consortium under the name SAS Braathens.
In addition, there are synergy effects of about SEK 200-300 M as a result of the merger of SAS Braathens in Norway and a changed organizational structure.
www.ftnnews.com /wpr373.htm   (437 words)

  
 SAS Braathens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Braathens SAFE (Braathens South American & Far East Air Transport) was founded in 1946, initially operating charter services to South America and Asia.
During this period, Braathens dropped the SAFE suffix and also acquired two Swedish mainly domestic operators, Transwede and Malmö Aviation.
Braathens was taken over by the SAS Group in 2001 and merged with the Norwegian part of SAS in 2004 to form SAS Braathens.
www.timetableimages.com /ttimages/bu.htm   (245 words)

  
 LBR: Global Briefings: Norway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It could be argued that the economic circumstances of Braathens and the bleak outlook for the airline industry as a whole were already sufficiently clear at the time the CA gave its original opinion and should have warranted a finding of ‘failing firm’.
The CA furthermore found that the potential bankruptcy of Braathens would not represent a better alternative in terms of promoting competition as Braathens's market share was unlikely in such an event to go to other players in the market.
The fact that Braathens was in default on two loans amounting to a total of NOK 1.2 billion supported the CA's finding that Braathens was insolvent.
www.global-competition.com /global_b/norway.htm   (524 words)

  
 Airline Industry Information: SAS Braathens offers cheaper round-trip tickets - report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Travellers may reportedly save money by buying a round-trip ticket at the Norwegian airline SAS Braathens, part of the SAS Group, even if they are only planning to travel one way.
Siv Meisingseth, head of information at SAS Braathens, reportedly said that the ticket price depends on the capacity on the specific flights, and added that in some cases it might actually be cheaper to buy a round trip ticket instead of a one-way.
SAS Braathens has launched cheap one-way tickets from Oslo to Manchester, Milan, Prague and London Gatwick, in addition to the Sandefjord-Alicante route, but other one-way tickets are still more expensive than those of competing airlines, reported the Norwegian online news service Nettavisen.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0CWU/is_2004_June_1/ai_n6049458   (225 words)

  
 Norwegian Airliners May Be Combined (phillyBurbs.com) | General
SAS took over economically troubled Braathens, mainly a Norwegian domestic carrier, in 2001 and immediately began cutting costs.
In a news release, the SAS management said they were proposing to the airline's board that the two airlines be merged into one unit.
SAS and Braathens have both faced stiff competition in Norway after Norwegian Air Shuttle changed its concept and expanded its fleet of aircraft in late 2002 to become a low price airline on Norwegian routes.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/24-01282004-235640.html   (297 words)

  
 SAS Norwegian unit SAS Braathens sues Norway govt over 20 mln nkr fine - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
SAS Braathens' managing director Petter Jansen told the newspaper that the airline wants the court to decide on whether the fine is in accordance with the law.
Jansen added that the lawsuit is being brought partly because SAS Braathens fears that the fine will force the airline to drop routes with weak passenger numbers immediately, if a competitor wants to fight for passengers on the route in question.
SAS Braathens was originally fined for forcing the small airline Coast Air out of the market by dumping prices on the Oslo-Haugesund route.
www.forbes.com /markets/feeds/afx/2005/11/16/afx2340012.html   (436 words)

  
 Fsimzone - FS2004 & FS2002 Downloads, Aircraft Panels etc. - SAS Raided By Norwegian Watchdog
"SAS Braathens is a dominant actor in domestic flights in Norway," the authority said.
SAS officials said the raid had taken place at offices near Oslo.
SAS said in a statement that the securing of evidence by the competition authority did not mean that SAS Braathens had violated competition rules and did not form grounds to say anything about the result of the investigation.
www.fsimzone.com /new/article103.html   (353 words)

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