SAS Ground Services chosen by Malaysia Airlines at London Heathrow

2007-04-16

Malaysia Airlines chose SAS Ground Services as their new provider of ground handling at London Heathrow. The agreement is valid from May 16.

Malaysia Airlines operates two daily flights with Boeing 747-400 between London and Kuala Lumpur.

"We are pleased to appoint SGS as our new Ground Handler and look forward to developing a long-standing relationship", says Syed Abdillah Aziz, Regional Manager UK & Ireland for Malaysia Airlines.

"Malaysia Airlines is a customer with high quality standards and we are delighted to have been selected as their provider. They are also the first long haul customer to our recently established ramp organization at London Heathrow ", says Christer Svensson, Managing Director for SAS Ground Services UK. "Since November last year we offer full ground handling, which improves our ability to compete in the market."

For further information, please contact:

Christer Svensson

Managing Director for SAS Ground Services UK Ltd
Phone: +44 (0) 7812 090622

E-mail: christer.svensson@sas.dk

SAS Ground Services, SGS, is a full-service provider of airline ground handling and airport related services and a wholly owned subsidiary of the SAS Group. SGS is the largest ground handling company in Scandinavia and is also present at many locations around the world, totally at 160 airports in 43 countries. SGS has an annual turnover of SEK 5,900 million and about 8,100 employees.

SGS International provides ground handling and other airport-related services, with own personnel or through subcontractors to more than 30 airlines at approximately 100 airports worldwide. SGS International has a turnover exceeding SEK 1,500 million and around 1,200 employees.

For more information visit www.sasground.com. For more information about Malaysia Airlines visit www.malaysiaairlines.com