Skyways Express

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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;">Image:Skyways.gif</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Copenhagen Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>EuroBonus</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Member lounge</th><td>Scandinavian Lounge</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Alliance</th><td>Well conected with SAS</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>Salenia, SAS AB</td></tr>

Skyways
IATA JZ	ICAO SKX	Callsign SKY EXPRESS
Founded		1993, (Swedish regional carrier Avia was created in 1940
Fleet size		19
Destinations		21
Headquarters		Stockholm
Key people		CEO Jan Palmer
Website: www.skyways.se

Skyways Express is an airline based in Linköping, Sweden operating regional and domestic scheduled services.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 Partners
5 References
6 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1987 and was previously known as Avia. It acquired Salair on 15 July 1991 and Highland Air in March 1997. A partnership was forged with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) which acquired a 25% stake in April 1998. The owners are Salenia (72.7%), SAS (25%) and Janus (2.3%). It employs 740 staff.

[edit] Services

Skyways Express operates the following services (at July 2005):

[edit] Fleet

The Skyways Express fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006):

18 Fokker 50

[edit] Partners

Image:Saspartner.gif

Skyways Express
SAS Scandinavian Airlines
SAS Braathens
Blue1
Wideroe
Air Baltic
Estonian Air

[edit] References

[edit] External links

SAS Group, SAS AB
Scandinavian Airlines Business	Scandinavian Airlines Danmark \| Scandinavian Airlines Sverige \| SAS Business Opportunities \| SAS Braathens
Subsidiaries	airBaltic \| Blue1 \| Spanair \| Widerøe
Affiliated	Air Greenland \| Aerolineas de Baleares \| bmi \| Estonian Air \| Skyways Express
Destinations	SAS Group destinations \| Scandinavian Airlines destinations \| SAS Braathens destinations \| Spanair destinations \| Widerøe destinations
Airline Support Business	SAS Cargo Group \| SAS Media \| SAS Flight Academy \| SAS Technical Services \| SAS Ground Services
Alliances	Star Alliance \| WOW Alliance
History	DDL (1946) \| DNL (1946) \| SILA (1946) \| ABA (1948) \| Linjeflyg (1992) \| Braathens (2001)

Airlines of Sweden	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg
City Airline \| Direktflyg \| FlyMe \| FlyNordic \| Golden Air \| Malmö Aviation \| Nextjet \| Nordic Regional \| Nordkalottflyg \| Novair \| Scandinavian Airlines \| Skyways Express \| TUIfly Nordic \| Viking Airlines \| Waltair \| West Air Sweden</small>