Braathens Regional Aviation was a

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-owned

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headquartered in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popul ...

operating aircraft wet-leasing services together with its sister airline Braathens Regional Airways for

BRA Braathens Regional Airlines Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) is a Swedish airline founded in 2016 and one of the largest domestic airlines in Sweden. The company has its headquarters in Bromma, Stockholm. History BRA Braathens Regional Airlines was founded in 2016 with t ...

. Previously it was known under the name Malmö Aviation and operated domestic routes in Sweden from its hub at

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until February 2016, when its operations merged with Sverigeflyg to form

. In the process the airline changed its name to the current Braathens Regional Aviation and ceased its own network-operations.

History

The company was established in 1981, operating as a

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school and

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company. In the late 1980s it began operating cargo services on behalf of

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with BAe 146-200QT jet aircraft; and examples of the turboprop

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and its derivatives the Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227. The company was sold to City Air Scandinavia on 11 February 1992. A new company ''Malmö Aviation Schedule'' was formed on 16 April 1993 under the ownership of Wiklund Inter Trade.

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of Norway acquired full control in August 1998 and in early 1999 integrated Braathens Sweden (formerly

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) into Malmö Aviation. In December 2001 it became an independent airline owned by Braganza AS/Bramora. This was the result of the

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(SAS) acquisition of Braathens in which Malmö Aviation, for legal reasons, was not included. It is now wholly owned by Braathens Aviation. In September 2014, Malmö Aviation stated that it would no longer be the

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's launch customer as previously planned. This role has since been taken over by

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. In March 2016, the operational part of Malmö Aviation was merged into

together with Sverigeflyg and the name was changed to Braathens Regional Aviation. In March 2017, Braathens Regional Aviation announced the postponement all of its orders for the

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, then known as Bombardier C-Series, indefinitely after a new Swedish ticket tax will be introduced which is expected to reduce passenger numbers.aerotelegraph.com - BRA puts C-Series order on hold"
(German) 2 March 2017 In May 2019, Braathens announced the cancellation of their A220-order which consisted of five -100 and five -300 series aircraft.aerotelegraph.com - Braathens cancels A220 order"
(German) 27 May 2019 In 2020, the airline ceased all operations.ch-aviation.com - Braathens Regional Aviation
retrieved 4 September 2022 Its similar named sister companies

Braathens Regional Airlines Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) is a Swedish airline founded in 2016 and one of the largest domestic airlines in Sweden. The company has its headquarters in Bromma, Stockholm. History BRA Braathens Regional Airlines was founded in 2016 with t ...

and Braathens Regional Airways continue to operate.

Destinations

Braathens Regional Aviation did not operate flights under its own name. Instead the aircraft were used to operate flights for sister airline

Fleet

As of March 2020, the Braathens Regional Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft, which were all operated for

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* {{Authority control Defunct airlines of Sweden Airlines established in 1981 Airlines disestablished in 2020 Transport in Malmö Swedish companies established in 1981 Companies based in Malmö