opened on 31 October 1997. It included three jetbridges and was to be used for jet services. The old terminal was used for regional and international services. An operations building was opened in 1999, completing the renovation. SAS bought Braathens in 2002 and became SAS Braathens in 2004. Norwegian reorganized itself as a low-cost carrier. With its new launch on 1 September 2002, it opened a Tromsø to Oslo service with a Boeing 737-300. In December 2007 it launched a weekly service to London Stansted Airport. Nextjet started a triangular route between Tromsø, Luleå and Oulu on 12 January 2015. Facilities Tromsø Airport is situated at Langnes on the western part of the island of Tromsøya in Tromsø, Norway. The airport has two terminals measuring a combined . Terminal A, opened in 1997, features the check-in and has three jetbridges. The older Terminal B, from 1977, has the international hall. Jetliner operate out of Terminal A, while regional airlines operate out of both terminals. Combined there are stands for nine aircraft. The domestic departure hall features three stores, consisting of a kiosk, a bookstore and a cosmetic store. There is a duty-free shop in the international section, as well as a kiosk on the land side in the arrivals hall. The domestic departures hall has four dining establishments, including a pizzeria and a sports bar. There is a small café in the international departures hall. There is also an operations building measuring . The asphalt runway has physical dimensions and is aligned 01/19, almost north–south. It has a takeoff run available (TORA) of on runway 01 and on runway 19, and a landing distance available (LDA) of on 01 and on 19. All have category I instrument landing system with precision approach path indicators. Due to high terrain in front of the airport, the ILSes on both runway directions are set up for a 4.0 degree glide slope, contrary to the standard 3.0 degrees. The airport is equipped with category 7 fire and rescue service. The airport has a reference elevation of 10 meters (32 ft) above mean sea level. Airlines and destinations The main scheduled airlines operating at Tromsø are SAS, Norwegian and Widerøe. SAS operates Boeing 737 NG services to Oslo and other airports in Norway, including Svalbard. Norwegian operates eight daily services from Tromsø, both to Oslo and other domestic cities, and also offer seasonal direct flights