Braathens Regional Aviation, was a Swedish airline based in
Malmö
Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...
. 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](_blank)
, 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
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, 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
flight training
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Flight training can be conducted under a str ...
school and
air charter
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Regulation
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company. In the late 1980s it began operating cargo services on behalf of
TNT
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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
Scandinavian Airlines
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Including its subsidiaries SAS Link and ...
(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
Swiss Global Air Lines
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Like its parent, Swiss Global was part of the Star Alliance. It had ...
.
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
Airbus A220
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The program was launche ...
, 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"](_blank)
(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
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, the airline ceased all operations.
[ch-aviation.com - Braathens Regional Aviation](_blank)
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
BAe 146
The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a short-haul and regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2001. Avro International Aerospace manu ...
series,
Avro RJ series, and a
Saab 2000.
See also
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Airlines
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Transport in Sweden
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Defunct airlines of Sweden
Airlines established in 1981
Airlines disestablished in 2020
Transport in Malmö
Swedish companies established in 1981
Companies based in Malmö