Braathens Regional Aviation, was a Swedish airline based in

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. From 2016 it provided wet-leasing services in partnership with its sister airline Braathens Regional Airways for Braathens Regional Airlines.Idag lyfter Sveriges nya inrikesflyg – det är BRA för Malmö
, 29 February 2016, BRA Founded in 1981 as Malmö Aviation it operated domestic routes in Sweden from its hub at Stockholm Bromma Airport. In February 2016, the airline merged with Sverigeflyg to create Braathens Regional Airlines. As part of this merger, the airline changed its name to Braathens Regional ''Aviation'' and ceased operating its own flight network. In 2020, due to the

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, the airline ceased all operations. Its similarly named sister companies Braathens Regional ''Airlines'' and Braathens Regional ''Airways'' continue to operate.

History

Foundation and early years

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; as well as the turboprop Fokker F27 Friendship 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. Braathens of Norway acquired full control in August 1998 and in early 1999 integrated Braathens Sweden (formerly Transwede) 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.

Development in the 2000s and closure

In September 2014, Malmö Aviation stated that it would no longer be the Bombardier CS100's launch customer as previously planned. This role was taken over by

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. In March 2016, the operational part of Malmö Aviation was merged into Braathens Regional Airlines 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. In 2020, due to the

, the airline ceased all operations.ch-aviation.com - Braathens Regional Aviation
retrieved 4 September 2022 Braathens Regional Airlines and Braathens Regional Airways, also owned by Braganza continue to operate as of 2024.

Destinations

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

Fleet

As of March 2020, the Braathens Regional Aviation fleet consisted of the following aircraft, which were all operated for Braathens Regional Airlines: During its operation, the airline utilised a variety of aircraft, including models from the

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series, Avro RJ series, and a Saab 2000.

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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