Complex sentence: When Braathens SAFE applied to renew its licence for the Far Eastern route in 1954, it were turned down, and Braathens SAFE was forced to rebuild the airline's structure to turn it into a successful domestic-only airline.
Split into simpler sentences: When Braathens SAFE applied to renew its licence for the Far Eastern route in 1954, it was turned down. As a result, Braathens SAFE was forced to rebuild the airline's structure to turn it into a successful domestic-only airline.