Braathens Regional Aviation

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Braathens Regional Aviation
Avro RJ100 from Braathens Regional Aviation, operated for BRA Braathens Regional Airlines
IATA code : TF
ICAO code : SCW
Call sign : SCANWING
Founding: 1981
Seat: Malmo , SwedenSwedenSweden 
Turnstile :

Stockholm / Bromma

IATA prefix code : 276
Fleet size: 4th
Aims: National and international
Website: www.flygbra.se/

Braathens Regional Aviation (formerly Malmö Aviation) is a Swedish airline based in Malmö and offers aircraft wet leasing services for BRA Braathens Regional Airlines together with its sister airline Braathens Regional Airways . Braathens Regional Aviation is a subsidiary of Braganza AB .

history

The airline was founded in 1981. In 1991 the destinations Hamburg and London were added to the flight plan. In 1998 Malmö Aviation was bought by the Norwegian airline Braathens , which led to a cooperation with Braathens Sverige . Malmö Aviation has been recognized several times by the “Grand Travel Award” in Stockholm as “Best Domestic Airline in Sweden”.

At the end of 2015, the company planned to set up a base at Umeå Airport ; For the time being, a Saab 2000 should be stationed there and, if there is sufficient demand, it should be switched to larger aircraft.

In March 2016, the operational business of Malmö Aviation and Sverigeflyg as well as Braathens Regional Aviation were merged and the joint appearance takes place under the name BRA Braathens Regional Airlines. In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic , BRA ceased operations and filed for insolvency under self-administration.

Destinations

In addition to a few national destinations, Malmö Aviation also served several European cities such as Brussels and Nice . Winter destinations in the Alpine region, such as Salzburg , are also served seasonally .

fleet

As of March 2020, the Braathens Regional Aviation fleet consists of nine aircraft with an average age of 12.3 years:

Aircraft type active ordered Remarks Seats
Embraer 190LR 1 - 98-118
Fokker 50 3 - 50
total 4th -

Malmö Aviation was planned as the first customer for the Airbus A220, but waived this due to a flight tax introduced in Sweden.

See also

Web links

Commons : Braathens Regional Aviation  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Sweden's Malmö Aviation to establish Umeå base , accessed on July 14, 2015
  2. Regional airline Braathens suspends all flights . Aero Telegraph. April 6, 2020. Accessed April 10, 2020.
  3. ^ BRA - Braathens Regional Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
  4. ^ Nick Wenzel: Swedish airline BRA retires last Avro RJ aircraft. In: ifn.news. March 21, 2020, accessed on June 23, 2020 .
  5. aerotelegraph.com - Will the C-Series fly first with Swiss ?, September 1, 2014, accessed on September 2, 2014