Braathens Regional Airlines

Braathens Regional Airways AB was previously started as Golden Air and Braathens Regional. Braathens Regional is a Swedish airline which is owned by Norwegian. The airline operates between various domestic destinations within Sweden itself. The airline covers about a total no. of 17 destinations among which 4 destinations are International. The total market share of the airline is about 30%. The official website of the company is registered as www.flygbra.se which contains all the major information about the airline.

Braathens Regional Airlines 

Braathens Regional Airlines was founded in the year 1976, it was earlier started in the name of Golden Air. The company operates with mostly ATR aircraft. The airline covers almost all the major cities of Europe. The name was changed to Braathens Regional Airlines in March 2016 which was earlier named as Braathens Regional only. BRA Braathens Regional Airlines is the virtual airline that unites the brands Malmo Aviation and Sverigeflyg which were separated earlier. 

Braathens Regional Airlines History

Braathens Regional Airlines was founded in the year 1976 as Golden Air which earlier started charter services and air taxi services. The airline had undergone numerous changes under the same ownership in the year 1993. The airline started its operations from the 15th of August in the year 1993. A shipping company, Erik Thun owns the airline which as of 2007 had only 56 employees. Braathens Regional Airlines took over Golden Air in the year 2012, while Trollhattan Bromma was acquired by Sverigeflyg. Golden Air was renamed on the 1st of January, 2013 as Braathens Regional and retained its brand name for the route of Bromma.

Braathens Regional Airlines Overview

The maintenance base of Braathens Regional is at Angelholm Helsingborg Airport and Umea Airport. The airline carries a total of about 2.2 million passengers yearly, in the domestic routes only and never leaves any of its passengers dissatisfied. It is one of the largest domestic Swedish airlines and provides the most cost-efficient services to its passengers. The airline also provides its aircraft on lease for both long and short term. The company aims for providing air transport services in which the emission of harmful gasses like CO2 is reduced and will start using fossil fuels for all its flight operations.

Braathens Regional Airlines Destinations and Hubs

The airline covers various destinations namely Lyon, Berlin, Palma de Mallorca, Angelholm,

Gothenburg, Halmstad, Jonkoping, Kalmar, Mora, Malmo, Kristianstad, Norrkoping, Ostersund, Ronneby, Stockholm, Trollhattan, Umea, Visby, Vaxjo. The main headquarter is in Stockholm, Sweden and the main hub is in Stockholm-Bromma Airport. The total fleet size of the airline is 29 with which it covers all its destinations which are about 20 in no. The airline flies domestic as well as international. 

Braathens Regional Airlines Specialty

Braathens Regional Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the country and carries the maximum share of passengers which is approximately 30% of the total market share. The employees associated with the airline is approximately 1100 in no. which helps the airline to provide the best possible services at a very pocket-friendly fare. Operating in the industry since ages in the name of Golden Air was later taken over by Braathens Regional which was then renamed as Braathens Regional Airlines. 

Braathens Regional Airlines Baggage Allowance

The baggage allowance differs with the different classes like B.R.A Extra allows it's passengers to carry 2 pieces of baggage for the child, 2 pieces of baggage for the adult and 1 piece of baggage for the infant which should not weigh more than 10 kgs. However, B.R.A BAS and B.R.A FAST and other tickets allow its passengers to carry 1 piece of luggage for the adult, child, and infant. The airline has its frequent flyer program which allows it's Gold members to carry +1 pieces of luggage and its Merit members to carry +2 pieces of luggage.

Braathens Regional Airlines Food and Beverages

The airline provides food and beverages during the flight to its passengers. The flight that departs before 9:00 am, the passengers are served with delicious breakfast and the flight that departs after 9:00 am, the passengers are served tea or coffee and snacks accompanied with. They also have an inflight menu which enables the passengers to make a selection according to their taste and preferences. The inflight menu also has food options for infants, for diabetic patients, etc. 

Braathens Regional Airlines Bookings

The flight tickets for Braathens Regional Airways can be easily booked online. Passengers can easily book their flight tickets through the website which even enables the passengers to get discounts. Special requests for a particular food preference or extra baggage allowance can also be placed at the time of booking tickets itself.

Braathens Regional Airlines Classes

The different classes that Braathens Regional Airlines has are Economy Class and Extra Class. The Premium Class is known as the Extra Class. The differences among the classes are of the fare. The fare of the Extra Class is relatively higher than that of the Economy Class. The passengers of Extra Class gets the benefit of Newspapers and Magazine during their flight and also gets non stop food and beverages services which are not enjoyed by the passengers of the Economy Class.