SAS Group today welcomes Rickard Gustafson as new President and CEO

SAS Group today welcomes Rickard Gustafson as new President and CEO.
Acting President and CEO, John S Dueholm, will as of today return to his
former role as Deputy President & CEO and responsible for the Operations
and Commercial divisions.

According to original agreement, Dueholm was to retire when he turns 60
in July this year, but it has been agreed that his employment will
continue.

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 February 1, 2011, at 08:00
am CET.

For further information, please contact
Elisabeth Manzi, Director Media & Public Relations
Tel. +46 70 997 4893