 In 1996 , Braathens SAFE started negotiations to purchase the Swedish airline Transwede Airways from its owners , <unk> . After SAS had bought Linjeflyg , Transwede had become the second @-@ largest domestic airline in Sweden , operating five Fokker 100s . In 1995 , Braathens SAFE had a revenue of NOK 4 billion , with a profit of NOK 242 million . The same year , Transwede had lost NOK 200 million with a revenue of NOK 1 @.@ 2 billion . The company had been split in two , a charter and a scheduled company , and Braathens SAFE started negotiating to purchase the scheduled company . Transwede 's scheduled services were at the time form Stockholm @-@ Arlanda Airport to Halmstad , Jönköping , Luleå , Sundsvall and Umeå , plus a service from Luleå to Sundsvall . It had a 13 % market share , transporting 800 @,@ 000 people in 1995 , and had been through a major restructuring the year before , where the fleet had been reduced from seven to five aircraft . 
