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SUN-AIR of Scandinavia
File:Sun Air of Scandinavia Logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
EZ SUS SUNSCAN
Founded1978
HubsBillund Airport
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer programExecutive Club
AllianceOneworld (Affiliate)
Fleet size20
Destinations10
HeadquartersBillund, Denmark
Key people
  • Niels Sundberg, Owner, CEO and pilot
  • Kristoffer Sundberg, Co-CEO and Pilot
Websitesun-air.dk

SUN-AIR of Scandinavia A/S,[1] usually shortened to SUN-AIR,[2] is a Danish regional airline headquartered in Billund[3] with its main base at Billund Airport. It operates scheduled services as a franchise of British Airways using their name and corporate design as British Airways - operated by SUN-AIR of Scandinavia A/S. The airline also offers charter flights, air taxi services, specialist aerial work and aircraft brokerage.

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1978 by Mr. Niels Sundberg. It initially operated solely as an air taxi and charter service, but developed into a regional airline in 1987. It became a British Airways franchisee on 1 August 1996, operating as British Airways in their corporate design. Sun Air is an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance and also uses British Airways' frequent flyer program Executive Club. The airline is wholly owned by Niels Sundberg and has 175 employees. It also has a business jet subsidiary named JoinJet.[4]

British Airways terminated its flights from Bremen to London and Manchester which were both operated by SUN-AIR on 25 February 2017.[5] SUN-AIR had maintained a base for the routes at Bremen Airport.

Destinations

A former SUN-AIR BAe ATP

As of April 2018, SUN-AIR of Scandinavia serves the following cities under their British Airways franchise:[6]

Denmark
Germany
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom

Fleet

SUN-AIR Dornier 328

As of January 2018, the SUN-AIR of Scandinavia fleet consists of the following aircraft:[7][8]

SUN-AIR of Scandinavia Fleet
Aircraft Total Passengers Notes
Dornier 328 2 32 Operated as British Airways; Leased from MHS Aviation
Dornier 328JET 16 32 Operated as British Airways and JoinJet
BAe Jetstream 31 2 19 Operated as British Airways
Total 20

References

  1. ^ http://www.uk.sun-air.dk/cms.cfm?npageno=29235[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-03-16. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Contact Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine." Sun Air of Scandinavia. Retrieved on 16 March 2010. "SUN-AIR of Scandinavia A/S Cumulusvej 10 DK-7190 Billund Denmark"
  4. ^ "Biz jet", Airliner World: 7, February 2013
  5. ^ britishairways.com (Germany) retrieved 11 February 2017
  6. ^ sun-air.dk - Destinations retrieved 13 September 2018
  7. ^ *ch-aviation.com - SUN-AIR of Scandinavia retrieved 16 December 2015
  8. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 13. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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