SAS: Break in mediation with pilots in Norway

SAS informs that the negotiations in relation to a new agreement with the
Norwegian pilot union, NSF, was broken today at 5.30am. SAS is therefore subject
to an industrial action, but which only to a limited extent affects air traffic
in Norway.
Initially, six pilots have been taken out on strike from Thursday 21 May. After
several months of negotiations, and subsequent mediation, SAS' proposal for a
new collective bargain agreement unfortunately was rejected by NSF. This was an
agreement that contained good Scandinavian wages and working conditions, with
reduced complexity compared with the old agreement that has been renegotiated
for over 50 years.

SAS has already reached agreement on a new modern collective bargain agreement
with two of the other pilot unions SNF and DPF. These represent over half of
SAS' pilots. In Sweden, negotiations are ongoing with SPF on overtime, with
deadline at 8.00am on 21 May.

- I sincerely regret that we have not reached an agreement in relation to a new
collective bargain agreement with NSF which would ensure SAS' competitiveness
required in today's aviation, says Rickard Gustafson, SAS CEO. We will continue
to work intensively to ensure that SAS will be a competitive company that makes
it possible to invest in products and services for our customers.

SAS will do what it can to make the strike as short as possible.

For further information, please contact:

SAS press: +47 64 81 88 00