Rickard Gustafson takes on role as President and CEO of SAS on February 1, 2011

Rickard Gustafson takes on role as President and CEO of SAS on February

1, 2011

Scandinavian Airlines has previously announced that the new President

and CEO of the SAS Group, Rickard Gustafson, would take on the role no

later than March 2011. It has now been confirmed that Rickard's

appointment will start as of February 1, 2011. The previous President

and CEO, Mats Jansson, left his position on October 1, 2010 and the

Deputy CEO, John Dueholm, will continue as acting President and CEO

until February 1, 2011.

Please go to www.sasgroup.net (http://www.sasgroup.net/) for the

previous press release, dated September 16, with the announcement of

Rickard Gustafson's appointment.

SAS discloses this information pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market

Act and/or the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act. The

information was provided for publication on November 26, 2010 at 13:30

a.m CET.

For more information, please contact:

SAS Press Hotline

Telephone: +46 8 797 2944

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