February 17th marked the 40th anniversary of SAS beginning service with their Airbus A300s

SAS’s A300s were unusual because they were the only A300 B2 / B4 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney JT9Ds. All other A300 B2 / B4s were powered by General Electric CF6s. After Jan Carlzon became SAS’s president, he grounded the A300s in 1983, because he felt SAS would be more profitable by offering frequent flights with DC-9s and MD-80s instead of less frequent flights with A300s. SAS’s A300s went to their charter affiliate, Scanair, in 1984  —  Anonymous Contributor