Copenhagen: The National Flag Carrier of Denmark at Kastrup Airport

The Kastrup International Airport of Copenhagen is the main airport of the country, serving Denmark, the whole Zealand, the Oresund Region and Southern Sweden. The airport is one of the oldest international airport in Europe and the largest in the Nordic countries. Moreover, it is the busiest airport for traveling in the Scandinavian region. The airport is the hub of main three airlines, named Scandinavian Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle in Copenhagen.

Among these three airlines, the Scandinavian Airlines, commonly known as SAS is the flag carrier airline of Denmark and the largest airline in Scandinavia. Beside from Denmark, the airline is also operating in Sweden and Norway as the national airline. Overall, the airline is operating 182 aircrafts at 90 destinations but the main hub of the airline is at Kastrup International Airport in Copenhagen. Here, it has connectivity to more than 50 cities in Europe. SAS achieved huge revenue of about SEK 36 billion in 2012 after carrying 25.9 million passengers, making it the 9th largest airline in Europe. Fleet of SAS consists of world class latest aircrafts such as Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330, A340, Boeing 737 Next Generation and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft.

Founded in 1946, the airline was initially started as consortium which used to pool the transatlantic operations but after two years, it extended its domestic operation to cover Europe and in 1951, all the associated airlines of this consortium were merged to form SAS. It was the first airline in Europe which started its scheduled flights on Transpolar route which increased the American tourists in this region. Following this route, SAS started its flight via Alaska as Soviet Union did not permit SAS to fly across the Siberia but to stay on positive side, SAS publicized this service as round-the-world service, using North Pole.

In 2004, SAS was divided into four separate airline companies and re-brand themselves till 2007 but after facing serial issues, they again merged into one company, SAS Scandinavia System. This new merger came up with low-cost airlines and reducing fares that brought a substantial loss for SAS but after following cost cutting procedure and sold many assets, it survived at some extent. Under the agreement of trade union and bank, SAS drew criticism for such harsh activities of cost cutting but at the end of 2013, the company displayed a considerable profit and escaped from ceasing. For roaming the city you can easily book for Copenhagen airport taxi here. Today, SAS is functioning in Denmark as a leading airline with first class services and aircrafts, containing superlative amenities and luxuries.