# Scanair

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Charter airline in Stockholm, Sweden (1961–1994)

Scanair IATA ICAO Call sign DK VKG VIKING Founded June 1961 (1961-06) Commenced operations 4 September 1961 (1961-09-04) Ceased operations 1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) (merged with Conair of Scandinavia to form Premiair) Operating bases Stockholm Arlanda Airport Fleet size 4 Parent company Scandinavian Airlines Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden

**Scanair** was a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [charter airline](/source/Charter_airline) of Danish origins that operated between 1961 and 1994. Its head office was in [Bromma](/source/Bromma), [Stockholm Municipality](/source/Stockholm_Municipality), [Sweden](/source/Sweden).[1]

## History

Scanair was founded in Denmark in June 1961 and was partially owned by [Scandinavian Airlines](/source/Scandinavian_Airlines). The first aircraft operated was a [Douglas DC-7](/source/Douglas_DC-7) for charter flights to [Spain](/source/Spain), [North Africa](/source/North_Africa), and the United States. In 1965, the headquarters was moved to [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) and SAS supplied Scanair with [Douglas DC-8](/source/Douglas_DC-8) aircraft. Soon thereafter, two [Boeing 747s](/source/Boeing_747) joined the growing fleet and Scanair soon became the biggest charter company in [Scandinavia](/source/Scandinavia).

Other destinations served throughout the years the Canary Islands, [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), [Thailand](/source/Thailand), and the winter resorts of [Austria](/source/Austria), [Germany](/source/Germany) and [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). To increase capacity, the [Airbus A300](/source/Airbus_A300) was acquired, although their range was not sufficient for the needs and those were soon replaced with the [McDonnell Douglas DC-10](/source/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](/source/Conair_of_Scandinavia) on 1 January 1994. The new airline was called [Premiair](/source/Sunclass_Airlines), which continues to operate today as **[Sunclass Airlines](/source/Sunclass_Airlines)**.[2]

## Business management

### CEOs

- 1961–1968 - Svend Thorkild Thomasen

- 1968–1970 - Johan H Paus

- 1970–1971 - Anders Eriksson

- 1971–1976 - Carl-Olov Munkberg

- 1976–1982 - Georg Olsson

- 1982–1984 - Bengt A Hägglund

- 1984–1990 - Henrik Meldahl

- 1990–1991 - Jan Sundling

- 1991–1993 - Thomas Rosenqvist

### Chairman of the board

- 1969–1978 - [Knut Hagrup](/source/Knut_Hagrup)

## Fleet

A Scanair [Douglas DC-8-55](/source/Douglas_DC-8) at [Palma de Mallorca Airport](/source/Palma_de_Mallorca_Airport) in 1976

A Scanair [McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-10) at [Miami International Airport](/source/Miami_International_Airport) in 1990

Over the years, Scanair operated the following aircraft:[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*][3]

Scanair fleet 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 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 Douglas DC-8-63PF 2 1987 1989 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

## See also

- [List of defunct airlines of Sweden](/source/List_of_defunct_airlines_of_Sweden)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "World Airline Directory." *[Flight International](/source/Flight_International)*. 24-30 March 1993. [120](http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1993/1993%20-%200643.html?search=Scanair).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hengi, [*[page needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Scanair"](http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Scanair.html). *Aerobernie.bplaced.net*. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

- Hengi, B. I. (2000). *Airlines Remembered*. Hersham, England, UK: Midland Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1857800913](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1857800913).

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Scanair](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scanair).

- [Scanair Magazine - Historien om Skandinaviens största charterflyg](http://www.hjak.se/scanair)

- [SCANAIR historical website](http://www.scanair.no/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181022075343/http://www.scanair.no/) 2018-10-22 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [SCANAIR uniforms at uniformfreak.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20080304062352/http://www.uniformfreak.com/1scanair.html)

- [Another SCANAIR history site](https://www.angelfire.com/nt/scanair/)

- [SCANAIR Fleet details](https://web.archive.org/web/20050811085609/http://www.geocities.com/nordwing/Scanair_fleet.html)

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