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Saga Tours started selling Mediterranean charter trips in 1959 and Braathens SAFE was signed on to operate the charter flights.

At first the DC-4 was used, but from 1961 the airline started using the 96-seat Douglas DC-6, reaching seven aircraft in 1967.

Braathens bought strategic ownerships in both Saga Tours and Sweden's Atlas Resor to secure their part of the charter market.

Multilateral agreements allowed any Scandinavian airline to fly charter services from any of the three Scandinavian countries of Spain ; while this allowed Braathens SAFE to enter the Swedish and Danish charter market, it increase competition on their home turf.