Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik
- Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik
Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB, SILA, Swedish Intercontinental Airlines, was an airline and is today a part of the SAS Group.
SILA was established in 1943 under the name Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB by the Wallenberg family to start a flight between Sweden and England. The first CEO of the Airline was Per Norlin. In 1943 he signed a contract with Douglas to by 10 DC-4 with delivery when the war had ended.
The first civil flight between Europe and USA was in June, 1945 with a modified Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress with stops at Reykjavík and Newfoundland.
During spring 1946 the B-17 was replaced by Douglas DC-4s.
In 1946 SILA became the Swedish part of SAS and in 1948 the airline was merged in to AB Aerotransport in 1948. SILA was closed down in 1977.
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