Sas Airbus A340. There are 7 a340s in the sas fleet. Become a premium member to read more this is a premium article and requires an active key aero subscription to view.
It joined the sas fleet in 2014 after flying for both lan airlines and air canada. It is used mainly on long haul flights to asia. The aircraft named astrid viking will land in a few hours and will stay in tucson for only a short time before heading to its final home at pinal airpark arizona.
Four engine service continued in one form of the other all the way through 2020.
Sas a340 astrid viking is being scrapped in arizona. Become a premium member to read more this is a premium article and requires an active key aero subscription to view. This aircraft has a three classes configuration and it flies with 40 business class seats 28 sas plus seats and 179 economy class seats. The flag carrier becomes the latest operator to complete the accelerated retirement of its a340 fleet due to the impact of covid 19 stockholm based scandinavian airlines sas has retired its last airbus a340 ending the quadjet s 19 year run with the flag carrier.
