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Braathens International Airways AB is a Swedish
airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines ...
that operates flights for sister-company
Braathens Regional Airlines BRA Sverige AB, trading as Braathens Regional Airlines, often shortended to BRA ''(Swedish for "Good")'', is a Swedish virtual airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, which operates wet lease flights, primarily for Scandinavian Airlines. Bet ...
under its own
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. The airline primarily provides jet charter services for
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providers.


History

Braathens International Airways was founded in 2022 to operate jet charter services between Scandinavia and southern Europe. In June 2022, it signed a three-year contract with tour operator Ving to provide summer charter flights from regional Scandinavian airports, with the first flights commencing in April 2023 to destinations such as Tenerife from Stockholm Arlanda and Billund. In February 2023, BIX secured a three-year contract valued at SEK 1.6 billion with Apollo, for year-round charter flights from Stockholm Arlanda and Gothenburg Landvetter starting in October 2023.


Destinations

Braathens International Airways primarily operates charter flights to southern Europe for tour operators, including Ving, TUI, and Apollo, on behalf of sister company
Braathens Regional Airlines BRA Sverige AB, trading as Braathens Regional Airlines, often shortended to BRA ''(Swedish for "Good")'', is a Swedish virtual airline headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, which operates wet lease flights, primarily for Scandinavian Airlines. Bet ...
. The airline's fleet includes Airbus
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and
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aircraft. Braathens International also provides domestic services for
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within
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, operating jet services on busy routes during peak times, as well as maintaining a single scheduled route from
Stockholm Bromma Airport Stockholm Bromma Airport , officially known as Bromma Stockholm Airport, is a regional airport located in the Bromma district of Stockholm, Sweden that primarily serves private aviation. Situated approximately 7 km (4.3 mi) northwest ...
to
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. The airline operates under its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC) with the ICAO code BIX. The following destinations were operated or announced by Braathens International Airlines for its Summer 2024 charter program, primarily for tour operators including Nordic Leisure Travel Group (Ving, Spies &
Tjäreborg Oy Tjäreborg Ab is a Finland, Finnish travel agency and tour operator. Established in 1966, it had in 2016 approximately 23% share (by number of travellers) of the Finnish package holiday market. The owner of Tjäreborg, the Thomas Cook Group, ...
), and Apollo Resor:


Fleet


Current fleet

As of August 2024, the Braathens International Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft:


Fleet development

In January 2023, the airline started operations with one
Airbus A319 The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries 124 to 156 passengers and has a maximum range of . Final ass ...
aircraft, originally delivered to
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in 2004. The company placed orders for five Airbus A319 aircraft in 2022, intended for the charter market with tour operator Ving as lead customer for summer 2023. In October 2023, Braathens International Airways took delivery of its first
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ahead of planned charter flights for Nordic tour operator Apollo. The 16.1-year-old aircraft was leased from DAE Capital.


References

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