 Braathens started a costly price war with its competitors Color Air and SAS; after Color Air went bankrupt in 1999, Braathens started terminating routes, and the Swedish division was merged into the subsidiary Malmö Aviation.Málaga and Alicante were introduced as destinations in 2000.The next year, Braathens was bought by the SAS Group, and in 2002, the routes were split between SAS and Braathens.