Today, we join the final farewell flight for the SAS 737. SAS put on a special service (SK737) from Stockholm to Oslo; a fitting send-off for the veteran airplane.
Join us on this 737-700 (LN-RRB) as we take off out of Stockholm Arlanda, perform a low pass at Copenhagen (we’re in the cockpit for that one – with incredible views of this non-standard maneuver), write the number 700 in the sky over the Skaggerak, and then make one last low pass at Oslo Gardermoen before coming in for the historic last commercial landing of a SAS 737 under an atmospheric light snowfall.
At the peak over 50,000 were tracking this momentous final flight on Flightradar24. And we’ve got it all for you here, coming right up.
SK737 ARN-OSL playback | Nov 19, 2023: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/sk737#32e53312
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SECTIONS:
00:34 Before boarding
02:13 Chief Pilot Ludvig Lorentzen
03:13 Boarding
06:06 Takeoff Arlanda
08:05 Cockpit for low pass!
13:05 Copenhagen low pass
15:38 Champagne service
17:17 Drawing 700 and flight path
18:20 Landing Oslo
19:36 Farewell 737
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SAS aircraft with now fly in Northern Canada.
That was one of the coolest flight videos I’ve ever seen…and I’ve seen a lot lol!! Great stuff. ✈️🥂👌
Having serviced both A320 and 737 as a ramp operator, the former is way more comfortable to load and offload and the latter is an absolute beauty, especially the NG, I think was the perfect 737 generation.
As operations,I once had to ground a 737 flight with no recovery until the next day because the lav was clogged with poo.
Back in the 1980s, I used to fly on PSA 737s between LAX and SFO. Some of the planes were equipped with rows that faced each other. Being tall, I usually grabbed one facing forward so my knees weren't jammed into a seat in front of me. One time, though, a Hollywood guy got on the plane and sat facing me. He pulled out one of the early cell phones (the white brick) and began blabbing at high volume until the plane took off. I began to regret my choice of seating. Lol. On another empty flight, actress Kay Lenz sat with us. Ah, those were the days…
What a send off! Thankful I can continue the SAS 737 legacy in MSFS for many years to come
I sadly didnt see her i live in skåne staffanstorp small town
It is so nice to catch such flights indeed! Never was on such special. Great to watch that! But I made many other nice flights which definitely good to share on youtube channel!
I knew I had flown with this aircraft before. And looking back the last time I was onboard her, was 15th April 2013 flying OSL-HAU. Looking thru my log I have been on most of the LN-RRx sisters. 😀
I saw it land at arlanda one final time and the first plane i visited the cockpit of was on a 737-800 and i’ve been tracking that plane like everyday for a year
Planes should not be retired. Maintain them and send them to developing countries
Sad to see them go! While I have never been on SAS 737, I have lots of memories as a kid seeing them fill up the terminals at Arlanda along with the MD-80s that got retired 10 years ago.
The most impressive thing about this whole video is the absolute CHAD of a captain walking with a short sleeve shirt in the snow in Copenhagen during November. I wish the captains I fly with were like that, most of them want the cabin temp like in a sauna
I first flew a 737 in 1969 when the 737 was still a relatively new plane in the skies. I was celebrating my high school graduation and going to visit friends in NE Ohio. I took off from Newark – EWR – bound for Youngstown, OH – YNG. The take off role was quick and when we lifted off it seemed like we were going straight up in the air. It was TERRIFIC and FAST! We were in YNG in less than an hour and I was delighted to have made my first 737 flight.
Why the last flight for this 737?and now?with will fly the sas?
By by 737
I love the 737. I trained as a flight attendant on the 737 200 in 1995 and then onto the 300 a few years later. Loved the 737 my favourite aircraft in the sky before airbus took over our fleet 8 years ago 🙂
I have handled this aircraft several times as a ramp agent in Tromsø! Sad to see the handy sliding carpet in comp. 3 never again with SAS. Great video!
I would have liked seeing SAS go with the 737 MAX series of aircraft? Anybody know why they stuck with the A320 instead of the 737 MAX?? I'm assuming it's coat related like most everything in a business hahaha 😆 ❤
Well I guess it's confirmed! I'm a true Aviation geek! This 63 year old retired police officer had tears in his eyes watching the final landing for the 737-700 of SAS! Happy to hear it's continuing a second life with Air North in Canada 🇨🇦 😀 😊
When i full zoom to plane while follow , the map is can’t load even i have good wifi still map is not load and i can’t see the real speed on map in full zoom. Please Fix it fast.
In 2019 I've spent my summer in the US with a work and travel program. After working 3 month I've travelled around the States and I had also the opportunity to visit my relatives in Canada. I saw them only once in my life in Hungary 13 years before, when I was 9. After spending couple days together I continoued my trip with Westjets B737-700 (YYZ-LAS). On the board I learned, how open minded and kind Canadians can be. Since then more than 4 years passed, and I'm in my pilot training right now, so there is a possibility, that this glorious aircraft will be my office one day.
I remember SAS' 737-600s, which could charitably be described as "well-loved". Also saw one go full Tokyo Drift on the taxiways of Bergen, which was wild, especially as I was on the outbound (which was not nearly as exciting).
It was 1981 and I was recently married and got an MBA from the Manchester Business School (MBS). I had decided to stick around MBS after graduation and was assisting one of the departments to run specialized courses for bankers. That spring there was to be a course in Lagos, Nigeria. Very shortly before the course was due to begin, my boss, who was going to administer the course, had a falling out with the management. I was asked to take over and travel to Lagos. I grew up in Colombia, so I thought I knew everything about developing countries, so what could be so hard about running this course. The lecturers were booked (they were all coming from the UK), so all I had to do was to ensure that they got in and out of the country and that facilities were adequate. I was in for a surprise, but this is a story about my experience on a 737, so that part has to be left out.
My wife and I had decided with the money I was going to earn we were going to have a second honeymoon in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We would book a package holiday from the UK and I would simply not use the outbound part and buy a ticket from Lagos to Freetown. The course was six weeks long and was a success. I got the lecturers in and out of Nigeria, overcame many challenges and was very definitely ready for a vacation at the end. The plan was for me to arrive on a Saturday. My wife would arrive on Sunday.
In those days checking in and boarding a flight in Lagos was chaos. Finally, we boarded a 727 and sat on the tarmac for what seemed to be like a few hours. The German captain paced up and down the aisle. Finally, the announcement came that the first officer had not shown up and the flight was cancelled. I attached myself to a small group of expatriates who were savvy to the ways of West Africa who knew how to undo all the emigration paperwork so we would be allowed to leave the country when the time came. The next flight to Freetown would not be for another two days. It meant that my wife would be arriving and have to fend for herself for the first day. Early on Tuesday morning we expatriates met up for the flight to Freetown. It was a 737. As we boarded, one of our group, who was an old hand at travelling in this part of the world, had a word (and maybe handed some cash?) to a flight attendant. The flight was about a third full and they had everyone sit at the front, except for us, four or five expatriates who were asked to sit at the back. Who knows where that put the centre of gravity! Soon after takeoff the inflight service began, but just for us at the back. A full dinner (even though it was still early in the morning) was served on china plates. I don’t recall what the front of the plane got, except that it was not very much.
The time in Freetown was absolutely marvelous in a lovely new hotel on a picturesque, beautiful beach.