Scandinavian Air Express

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The Scandinavian Air Express started in the late 1920s as a co-operation between KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines and ABA - AB Aerotransport for the service between Scandinavia-France and Scandinavia-UK, routed via the Netherlands. Through a co-operation between ABA and Aero O/Y the Scandinavian Air Express was later operated between Sweden and Finland as an extension. Over the years other airlines participated in the joint operations, but the service was discontinued when WW2 started.

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1927
Joint KLM/ABA timetable
France-Netherlands-Scandinavia route
French edition
(From the collection of Will Porrio)
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April 10, 1928
Joint KLM/ABA timetable
UK/France-Netherlands-Scandinavia route
UK edition
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April 8, 1929
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April 8, 1929
Malmö-London/Paris routes
Swedish edition
(From the collection of Gunnar Saltin)
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April 8, 1929
Danish edition

May 1, 1929
Stockholm-Helsinki route
Swedish edition
(Courtesy of ABA-SAS Historical Collection, Stockholm-Arlanda)
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1929
(From the collection of Will Porrio)

April 7, 1930
(From the collection of Gunnar Saltin)

1931
(From the collection of Philip Chuang; image courtesy of Tom Heitzman)

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March 1, 1932
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May 1, 1932

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May 1, 1933
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December 1, 1933

June 1, 1934
(From the collection of Gunnar Saltin)

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May 15, 1935

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October 6, 1935

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April 19, 1936
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April 4, 1937

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April 4, 1937

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October 3, 1937

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April 10, 1938

October 2, 1938
(Courtesy of ABA-SAS Historical Collection, Stockholm-Arlanda)
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This page last updated May 24, 2020.