SAS Group December traffic figures

SAS Group December traffic figures 

•	SAS Group's traffic increased by 2.9% in December and seat capacity was up by
3.3% vs 2006.
•	SAS Group carried 2.7 million passengers in December, up 0.3% vs 2006. 
•	Total load factor was down 0.3 p.u. to 65.8%.	

Group market trends and yield development
SAS Group carried 2.7 million passengers in December, up for the 33rd
consecutive month. The Q400 has been almost fully replaced by leased in aircraft
with larger seat capacity, which had a negative impact on the load factor in
Denmark and Sweden.
Yield for Scandinavian Airlines in November was up 1.1%, vs last year. The yield
is positively affected by good capacity control, active yield management and
positive effects from the new commercial initiatives. For December 2007 the
change is expected to be broadly in line with the change for November. 

The market is characterized by good demand and passenger growth, but the Q400
replacement leases are affecting the Group's load factor negatively. It is
becoming more challenging to compensate the record high jet fuel prices, but the
SAS Group continued strategy is to compensate it by yield management, hedging
and cost initiatives. There are still uncertainties regarding the strength of
future growth as well as the competitive situation.

Intercontinental traffic increased 2.3% in December and the load factor was up
1.3 p.u. SAS Group European traffic increased by 3.9% with a slightly lower load
factor. 
airBaltic's traffic increased by strong 36.2% and with significantly improved
load factor. Spanair grew by 1.4%. Widerøe's traffic was in line with last year
with improved load factor. Blue1's traffic was down 14.7%. 


For further information Please contact VP,Head of SAS Group Investor Relations
Sture Stølen
+ 46 8 797 1451 sture.stolen@sas.se  Homepage: www.sasgroup.net