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Homebase	Oslo
Founded	1946
Employees	3290
Fleet	7 Boeing 737-400 20 Boeing 737-500
On Order	3 Boeing 737-500
Network	Huge Norwegian domestic network It is expanding its Scandinavian and European network.
Marketing Alliances	-Code shares with Klm on Norway-Amsterdam flights and with Northwest on Amsterdam-Norway connecting with Nwa's transatlantic flights. -Will start code-sharing with Klm and Nwa in inner Norwegian flights in the immediate future. -Code shares with Klm Uk, and will soon start code-sharing with Alitalia on Italy-Norway flights. -It has code-sharing agreements with Finnair, Norwegian Air Shuttle and its two subsidiaries Braathens Sverige (formerly Transwede) and Malmoe Aviation.
Short Description	It is the Norwegian largest carrier, and was created after WW2 as the flag carrier. After Sas' takeover of international routes, it developed a big domestic network, and has restarted looking at Europe recently. In 1997 Klm purchased 30% of the carrier, which has entered the alliance.

      formerly TRANSWEDE     visit Braathens official site  

Homebase	Stockholm
Founded	1985
Employees	300
Fleet	1 Boeing 737-300 4 Fokker 100
On Order	/
Network	Operates some domestic services within Sweden out of Stockholm's Arlanda airport.
Marketing Alliances	-Co operates with its parent organization Braathens Safe on the Oslo-Stockholm route. -Code shares with Finnair on some domestic routes.
Short Description	It was founded in 1985 as a charter airline, and in 1991 it entered the scheduled services market on the Stockholm-Gatwick route. In 1996 the airline split into two companies, Transwede and Blue Scandinavia, looking after charter traffic. In the same year   bought a 50% stake in the airline, brought to 100% in 1997. The airline has become Braathens Sverige, and the alliance will be soon implemented through a better product harmonization.

      MALMOE AVIATION     visit Malmoe Aviation official site  

Homebase	Malmoe
Founded	1993
Employees	220
Fleet	11 British Aerospace 146-200
On Order	/
Network	Operates some domestic services and european regional flights out of Malmoe and Stockholm's Bromma airport
Marketing Alliances	-Code shares with Klm Uk on Sweden-Uk flights -Will start co-operating with its parent company Braathens Safe
Short Description	The original Malmoe Aviation was sold in 1992 to City Air Scandinavia, and the current Malmoe Aviation was born. In 1998 Braathens Safe bought the airline. The alliance still has to be announced

           visit Eurowings official site  

Homebase	Dortmund
Founded	1993
Employees	1634
Fleet	12 Atr 42-300 5 Atr 42-500 6 Atr 72-200 4 Atr 72-500 6 British Aerospace 146-200 4 British Aerospace 146-300 3 Airbus A 319
On Order	1 Airbus A 319
Network	Good German domestic network, many european point to point flights from Germany's secondary cities. It feeds Klm and Air France hubs.
Marketing Alliances	-Code shares with Klm on Germany-Amsterdam flights, with Northwest Airlines on certain european routes and with Air France on Germany-France flights.  -Other simple code share agreements with Gill Aviation and Tyrolean Airways.
Short Description	It is the German third scheduled carrier, specialized in regional routes. It has been created by the merger of Nfd and Rfd in 1994, and since then has rapidly grown. A huge competition in the domestic market has obliged Eurowings to leave some core domestic routes to concentrate on iner-european flights. In 1998 it definitely entered the Klm-Nwa alliance.

   

 

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