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SAS will join SkyTeam

The transition will take place in September after leaving Star Alliance

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced that on 31 August 2024 it will leave the Star Alliance, the alliance of airlines among the largest in the world, to join SkyTeam on 1 September 2024. It is a move following the partial acquisition of the Northern European airline by the Air France-KLM Group, which is part of the SkyTeam organisation.The US bankruptcy court in New York had finally approved the...

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Stockholm, Sweden, 04/10/2024 10:26
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