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Other airframesВ operated at the time was theВ Vickers-ArmstrongsVC.1B Viking,В JunkersВ Ju 52/3mВ and theВ Short BrothersS.25 Sandringham Mk VI.Дuring the 1980's SAS operated a number of aircraft, all of which because of close proximity withВ Douglas, led it to operate nearly all variantsВ of the manufacturersВ aircraft, including the DC-10 in 1974, Dc-9-53 in 1983, MD-81/82 in 1985 and the MD-83/87 in 1988.В During 1989, SAS also started looking at other planes to help it replace its long haul fleet, so it received in 19 new Boeing 767-300 and -200 respectively. The aircraft were the domestic and European workhorses for the airlines, and served as the main work horses with the establishment of SAS which were delivered from 1948 onwards. The 3 airlines, (ABA, DDL and DNL) all bought usedВ Douglas C-47 SkytrainВ from theВ US Air ForceВ and converted them to civilian airliners. The original Danish airline, DDL, therefore changed status from being an active airline into becoming a holding company for the Danish interests within SAS. Scandinavian Airline System was then founded on 1 August 1946, when Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB (the airline owned by the Swedish Wallenberg family), Det Danske Luftfartselskab A/S, and Det Norske Luftfartselskap AS (the flag carriers of Denmark and Norway) merged together. The cooperation between the 3 airlines worked beyond expectations, so it was decided that all their operations should run under one name to better administrative traffic and growth opportunities for all airlines.

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