page_title: Saab 90 Scandia
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Saab 90 Scandia / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: Saab Scania PP-SQN (nearest) of VASP at Sao Paolo Congonhas
context_page_description: The Saab 90 Scandia was a civil passenger aeroplane, manufactured by the Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, in Linköping, Sweden. In 1944, as it was becoming clear that hostilities in Europe would soon be at an end, SAAB realised that the company had to diversify from purely military endeavours if it were to survive. The board therefore decided to put into action a plan to manufacture a twin-engined, short- to medium-haul passenger aircraft, as a successor for the Douglas DC-3.
  The design of the 90 Scandia was quite similar to the DC-3. The most distinct visible difference was that the 90 had tricycle landing gear while the DC-3 had a tailwheel. The Scandia also had a quite different vertical stabilizer shape, and numerous more subtle differences. The 90 had to compete with the many surplus DC-3s available on the market at the same time, making sales difficult.
context_section_description: The first production Scandias were delivered in 1950.  SAS received its eight aircraft between October 1950 and October 1954.  SAS initially operated its Scandias on intra-Scandinavian flights. Scheduled services by Scandias were operated also to European cities including Amsterdam, Brussels and London Airport (Heathrow) between 1951 and 1955.
  VASP operated its fleet of new and ex-SAS Scandias on intra-Brazilian scheduled flights between October 1950 and late 1966.
  The Swedish Air Force put heavy and insistent demands upon the SAAB factory, for the Saab 29 fighter aircraft, which spelled the end of the Scandia project in Sweden, with residual production being undertaken by Fokker, in the Netherlands.
  Altogether, only 18 examples were manufactured. The entire SAS fleet was eventually purchased by VASP, in 1957.
  A larger version with pressurised cabin called 90B was planned, but never made.
  The last flight with a 90 Scandia was on July 22, 1969. The sole surviving Scandia is the 16th built, ex VASP PP-SQR, which is preserved in deteriorating condition by a museum at  Bebedouro in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.
caption: VASP Scandia PP-SQN (nearest) at São Paulo Congonhas airport in 1965
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