# SAS Cargo (IATA SK · ICAO SAS · AWB 117)

> SAS Cargo Group A/S is the cargo company of Scandinavian carrier SAS; shipments move under IATA code SK and AWB prefix 117. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the SAS Group and sells belly capacity on SAS passenger flights only. It holds no air operator certificate of its own and operates no freighter aircraft. For traffic to, from and within Scandinavia, SAS Cargo offers the densest belly option, with CEIV Pharma certification, temperature-controlled long-haul out of Copenhagen and end-to-end e-AWB on Nordic exports.

## Quick facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal | SAS Cargo Group A/S |
| IATA | `SK` |
| ICAO | `SAS` |
| AWB prefix | `117` |
| Country | DK |
| Group | SAS AB (SAS-Gruppe) |
| Tracking | https://booking.sascargo.com/app/offerandorder/#/home/find-offer |

## Overview

SAS Cargo Group A/S is the cargo arm of Scandinavian carrier SAS and a wholly owned subsidiary of the SAS Group. It operates no aircraft of its own; instead it sells the belly capacity of the SAS fleet. Road feeder services, ground handling and parts of business processing are outsourced. The head office is at Copenhagen Airport, where the company states it concentrates around 93 full-time positions, supported by seven country offices and 17 general sales agencies across Scandinavia, Europe, the United States and Asia.

According to company information retrieved on 11 September 2026, SAS Cargo serves roughly 136 destinations in 31 countries, carries more than 55,000 tonnes of freight a year for over 1,900 customers and holds capacity on up to 1,100 flights. The network centres on Copenhagen (CPH) as the global hub of SAS, complemented by Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) and Stockholm Arlanda (ARN). Long-haul services are flown mainly with Airbus A350 and A330 equipment, on which temperature-controlled shipments are accepted from 500 kilogrammes chargeable weight; on narrow-body flights an active cooling unit is required. Within the pharma product the carrier's own trucking is limited to the ARN-CPH-OSL lanes, other lanes on request only.

For forwarders the identifiers of the operating airline Scandinavian Airlines apply: IATA code SK, ICAO code SAS, AWB prefix 117. Booking and tracking run through the booking.sascargo.com portal; the company states that more than 80 percent of bookings are made online and that its first portal went live in 2015. The electronic air waybill is fully implemented for exports from the Nordic countries. SAS Cargo holds IATA CEIV Pharma certification and the IATA IEnvA environmental certification. The product range covers Priority, Pharma, Allotment, General and Basic Cargo as well as airmail.

## Hubs

- CPH
- OSL
- ARN

## Sources

- [SAS Cargo – SAS Pharma Cargo](https://sascargo.com/Cargo-Solutions/Products-and-Network/Pharmaceuticals)

- [SAS Cargo – About us](https://sascargo.com/About-us/About-us)

- [SAS Cargo – Our Certifications](https://sascargo.com/About-us/Certificates)

- [SAS Group – Markus Ek appointed CEO of SAS Cargo (04.05.2023)](https://www.sasgroup.net/newsroom/press-releases/2023/markus-ek-appointed-ceo-of-sas-cargo/)

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