Transair Sweden AB (ICAO: TB) was a Swedishcharter airline that operated until 1981.
Transair Sweden[a] began asNordisk Aerotransport AB in 1950 with the purpose of flying newspapers from Stockholm to other locations in Sweden usingAirspeed Oxford aircraft.
In 1953 passenger charters began usingDouglas DC-3's, and soon after the name was changed to Transair Sweden. In 1957 the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo aircraft was introduced.Douglas DC-6's acquired fromSAS were introduced in 1959.
From 1965 nineDouglas DC-7B's were bought fromEastern Airlines and were added to the fleet for charter use and for flights during thecivil war in Congo on behalf of theUnited Nations.
Freight flights on behalf of SAS were begun to cities such as Malmo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Paris. In 1967 Boeing 727-134s were acquired but those were not kept very long. However, a year later Transair was bought bySvenska Handelsbank and financing was introduced to acquire jet aircraft again. Shortly thereafter, SAS took a majority holding in Transair Sweden and the airline was kept flying independently under its own colors taking tourists to Spain, the Canary Islands, and other Mediterranean destinations. In 1981 SAS sold all the 727s and the employees were integrated into SAS.[1]
