About SAS Norge AS

SAS Braathens changed its name to SAS Norge on 1 June 2007.

SAS Braathens has its background in the merger of Braathens and the Norwegian part of Scandinavian Airlines in the spring of 2004 and this final name change marked the completion of the merger. SAS Norge is operating on the Norwegian domestic market as well as the international from Norway to other European countries. The airline is Norway's largest and every day 340 flights are departing. The SAS Norge route network counts 45 destinations - from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen in the north to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in the south.
 

First Boeing 737-783 and third aircraft over all in the new SAS Braathens colours. The photo was taken on Oslo Airport, Gardermoen on 3 February 2005. Later on that same day I had the opportunity to fly with the second out in new colours - 736 SE-DNX between Oslo and Trondheim. Lucky enough that trip was in the third of the cockpit seats, also called jump seat. Below was my view shortly before engine start up.
  
 

The SAS Braathens colour scheme (2004-2007)
Let us start with taking a closer look on the new SAS Braathens colour scheme. Compared with other SAS aircraft, the paint colours to fuselage, tail and engines are the same as for SAS Braathens. Even the SAS logo on the tail is identical, but now it stops.

On the nose the three flag icons behind the SAS symbol have gone. It is now replaced by a Norwegian flag. Further back on the fuselage the Scandinavian Airlines decals in the silver colours has been replaced by the blue SAS symbol and Braathens written behind it in the same font types as Scandinavian Airlines, but the colours is a dark warm grey.

Even the engines are marked with SAS Braathens on both side - on the inner side the decal is place a bit higher on the engine to let the passengers get a look of it (see below).

The second most noticeable difference between SAS Braathens and the rest of the Scandinavian Airlines aircraft is the use of the old Braathens styled waving Norwegian flag. It replaces the three country flag icons normally used on the rest of Scandinavian Airlines aircraft.

After completing the transfer to the SAS Braathens (CNO) AOC, the aircraft get a small Norwegian flag in front of the registration on the nose wheel door.

SE-DNX was one of the first to get the new SAS Braathens colours applied. It is now in storage at ARN, but was on 6 November 2005 transfered to Globespan.