It was founded as Svensk Flygtjänst AB by Tor Eliasson, who was CEO until his death in 1971.

The taxi flight took place with two-engine Cessna, type 402, 404, 425 Corsair, 441 Conquest and in the subsidiary Basair with Learjet 35.

The major upswing in Swedair's regular traffic took place in December 1984, when the first copy of a total of 13 Saab 340s was put into service.

The traffic was to a large extent commissioned for Linjeflyg and SAS in Scandinavia and Finland and Poland.

And last year, for a few months East Midlands-Brussels for British Midland and Cardiff-Paris / Charles de Gaulle for Manx Airlines.

The main area of operation were smaller domestic services out of Arlanda, Kalmar, Karlstad, Kristianstad, Ronneby, Skellefteå and Växjö.