Lars Sandahl Sørensen joins SAS Group Management

Lars Sandahl Sørensen is returning to SAS as new Group Director and COO, (Chief
Operating Officer), SAS. Lars Sandahl will join on 1 May 2015.
Lars Sandahl Sørensen was previously Group Director and CCO (Chief Commercial
Officer) of global services company ISS. Prior to that he worked for SAS from
2003 to 2010. He was initially MD of the airline's then subsidiary company SAS
International before being appointed Group Director for Commercial with
responsibility for product development, network, revenue management and
marketing. Lars Sandahl Sørensen is currently a partner at Flensby & Partners
and advisor to several Private Equity funds. He also holds a number of board
positions.

“In Lars we are gaining a highly experienced manager and also a COO with solid
experience in the aviation industry and a wide ranging background from other
global businesses. Lars is returning to SAS at an incredibly exciting period
when we are making major investments to renew our fleet at a time when the
competition picture in the industry has radically changed. It is fantastic to
welcome Lars back to SAS,” says Rickard Gustafson, President and CEO of SAS.

“It will be incredibly exciting to get onboard once again and work with the best
employees in the airline industry. SAS plays an extremely important role for
Scandinavia with a strong offer to frequent flyers. I have enormous respect for
the solid work that is being done with regard to safety and punctuality. I look
forward to joining my new colleagues in delivering high quality services that
are continuously being further developed and improved, and to help strengthen
SAS's position as Scandinavia's leading airline,” says Lars Sandahl Sørensen.

Lars will take up his position on 1 May 2015. As previous announced, current
Group Director for Operations, Flemming Jensen, will leave his post by 1 May
2015.

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