Scandinavian Airlines System, also known as SAS, operated flights between Denmark and South America with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft in 1987. Operations were from Copenhagen to Rio de Janeiro, with connections to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in the South American sector, and to Norway and Sweden considering the Baltic region.

See also: #TBT: Swissair flights to South America in 1971.

The airline definitively suspended operations to South America in the early 1990s, after more than 20 years of uninterrupted service.

SAS schedule in South America – June 1987

Flights to South America

Wednesday (Brazil and Argentina)

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Flight	From	To	Freq.
SK 441	GOT: 16:25	CPH: 17:05	Wednesday
SK 473	OSL: 17:30	CPH: 18:35	Wednesday
SK 423	ARN: 17:30	CPH: 18:40	Wednesday
SK 957	CPH: 20:10	LIS: 22:50	Wednesday
SK 957	LIS: 23:55	GIG: 05:30+1	Wednesday
SK 957	GIG: 06:30	EZE: 09:30	Thursday

Friday (Brazil, Uruguay and Chile)

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Flight	From	To	Freq.
SK 441	GOT: 16:25	CPH: 17:05	Saturday
SK 471	OSL: 17:30	CPH: 18:40	Saturday
SK 423	ARN: 17:30	CPH: 18:40	Saturday
SK 955	CPH: 20:10	LIS: 22:50	Saturday
SK 955	LIS: 23:55	GIG: 05:30+1	Saturday
SK 955	GIG: 06:30	MVD: 09:30	Sunday
SK 955	MVD: 10:00	SCL: 11:20	Sunday

Flights to Denmark

Thursday (Argentina and Brazil)

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Flight	From	To	Freq.
SK 958	EZE: 14:50	GIG: 17:20	Thursday
SK 958	GIG: 18:35	LIS: 07:40+1	Thursday
SK 958	LIS: 08:45	CPH: 13:15	Friday
SK 436	CPH: 14:15	GOT: 14:55	Friday
SK 674	CPH: 14:20	OSL: 15:20	Friday
SK 414	CPH: 14:20	ARN: 15:30	Friday

Saturday (Chile, Uruguay and Brazil)

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Flight	From	To	Freq.
SK 956	SCL: 12:15	MVD: 15:15	Saturday
SK 956	MVD: 15:55	GIG: 18:35	Saturday
SK 956	GIG: 19:35	LIS: 08:40+1	Sunday
SK 958	LIS: 09:40	CPH: 14:10	Sunday
SK 602	CPH: 15:00	OSL: 16:00	Sunday
SK 648	CPH: 15:05	ARN: 16:15	Sunday
SK 438	CPH: 15:15	CPH: 15:55	Sunday

The routes Rio de Janeiro – Buenos Aires and vice versa, and Rio de Janeiro – Montevideo – Santiago de Chile and vice versa were operated by chartered Boeing 727 aircraft. SAS DC-10s did not serve Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Scandinavian’s complete route, considering connections to Gothenburg, Oslo and Stockholm, and Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago de Chile in South America.

Glossary

• ARN – Stockholm
• CPH – Copenhagen
• EZE – Buenos Aires
• LIS – Lisbon
• GIG – Rio de Janeiro
• GOT – Gothenburg
• MVD – Montevideo
• OSL – Oslo
• SCL – Santiago de Chile

Source

• Guía Argentina de Tráfico Aéreo (GATA).

See also: #TBT: Alitalia flights between Italy and South America in 1965.