Editing Scandinavian Airlines (section)

===Hovercraft===
Between 1984 and 1994, SAS operated a [[hovercraft]] service between [[Malmö]] in Sweden and [[Copenhagen Airport]] in Denmark. Travellers could check in for their flights in Malmö and the hovercraft were operated as connecting flights. The service was operated using a handful of [[British Hovercraft Corporation AP1-88]]s, which took an average journey time of 45 minutes to traverse the {{convert|17|mi|km|abbr=on|order=flip}} route across the [[Øresund]]; within its first year of operation, hovercraft reportedly carried roughly 100,000 passengers.<ref name = "popmech hover">{{cite journal |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YOQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42 |title = New hovercraft replacing airliners |journal = Popular Mechanics, 2015 |publisher = Popular Mechanics |date = March 1985 |volume = 162 |issue = 3 |page = 42 |issn = 0032-4558}}</ref> Due to the level of demand experienced, SAS examined the prospects for introducing larger hovercraft, capable of carrying up to 200 passengers, for the service.<ref name = "popmech hover"/> However, in 1994, the hovercraft were replaced by [[catamaran]]s. These vessels were in turn discontinued during 2000 due to the opening of the [[Öresund bridge]], which provided a competing rail link between Malmö and Copenhagen airport.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.classicfastferries.com/cff/pdf/cff_2004_1.pdf |title = SAS: The Hovering Years |publisher = Classic Fast Ferries |year = 2004}}</ref>