Monday, November 21, 2011

Scandinavian Air Carriers - An Account Of Its Illustrious Background

By Homer Ignatious Xavier


From its humble beginnings, Scandinavian Airlines has come far over the years. The oddity of its beginnings had to do with those that started the company and their ability to provide passenger assets. Regardless of how they began, their business integrity and perseverance is what has sustained this company. Understanding the airline industry was a key component to their monetary success along with their combined skills and efforts. Their good results, and their ability to manifest what they focused upon, had to do with taking chances at the right moments in time. This article will discuss specific aspects of Scandinavian Airlines.

Taking a quick look at the year, 2006, SAS had a revenue of 42 billion Swedish Krona, or SEK. In that one year, they transported just over 25 million people around the world domestically. That alone put the airline at #9 on the top 10 in Europe charts. Much of that success can be chalked up to great moves in the mergers and acquisitions departments of SAS. Besides, they are also among the founding members of the Star Alliance Group of aviation consortiums. The innovative strategy of joining forces with many other airlines over the last half century has paid off in a number of ways for SAS. Marketing and brand awareness are key to the success of any airline. One thing Scandinavian Airlines is well known for is it's tremendous brand awareness coup in the mid 1950's. A route of air travel flying over the North Pole and ending up on the west coast of the US in Los Angeles California was discovered as they began finding routes to operate in. They then took advantage of the branding opportunity in 1957 when they introduced, "round the world service over the North Pole." This flight service included destinations such as Anchorage, Alaska; Copenhagen and Tokyo, Japan.

One feature a majority of airlines share is their predisposition to have aggressive investor and ownership portfolios. But this can be expected when you think about the challenges of the financial operations of these airlines. So once more, in the 1990s, Scandinavian Airlines went through more ownership changes and restructuring of their financial investment holdings. However, there were a few acquisitions for the airline as well. They purchased Spain's second largest air carrier plus Air Greenland. In January 2009 SAS signed an agreement to divest more than 80 percent of the holdings in Spanair with a Catalonian group of investors led by Consorci de Turisme de Barcelona and Catalana d'Inciatives.

Denmark is one of three countries which have fractional ownership to Scandinavian Airlines. Between Copenhagen and locations throughout Europe, are the foremost points of flight operational responsibilities.

Separate business divisions were created for each of Scandinavian Airlines different service areas. The business model of SAS more closely resembles an alliance between the collective airlines and its financial investors. This has been the case since the beginning. Now, the partner airlines have merged into the conglomerate known internationally as Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS). The SAS Group's average number of employees was 15,379 in the first quarter of 2009, and they are divided among Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Normally, when you finally get to your location, whatever air carrier you used, you need to stay at a wonderful resort. This is exactly why selecting your hotel is as essential as deciding on the best air carrier.




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