Transwede Airways AB was a

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based at

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, near

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. Transwede operated flights on

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agreements from

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, as well as charter flights. The company was owned by Braathens Aviation. Transwede Airways had appointed a new CEO, Trygve Gjertsen, who started on 1 January 2007, taking over from Jimmie Bergqvist. The inaugural flight from

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the main international airport serving Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. It is located in Sigtuna Municipality, north of Stockholm and nearly southeast of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County. ...

, numbered SK517, took place on 13 February 2006 under

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colors. This gave way to two daily flights, numbered SK517/518 and SK529/530, with the new Transwede livery, which is a variation of Malmö's.Airliners
/ref> As of 31 March 2010 the airline has decided that all activities in the company will end as Transwede has not been operating during 2010.

Destinations

On behalf of Alitalia *

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(

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) *

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Fleet

The Transwede Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of March 2008): *4

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one aircraft was operated for

Sweden, two aircraft are operated for SAS Norge and one aircraft is operated for

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). *2

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were operated for Scandinavian Airlines Sweden.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Transwede Airways (2005-10) Defunct airlines of Sweden Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2010 Swedish companies established in 2005 2010 disestablishments in Sweden Companies disestablished in 2010 Swedish companies disestablished in the 2010s