Gorm Frimannslund appointed President of SAS Ground Services Norway

SAS Ground Services has appointed Gorm Frimannslund as President of SAS Norway AS.He is currently Chief Operating Officer of Widerøe's Flyveselskap AS.

"With broad knowledge of both ground handling and the airline industry, I amcertain that Gorm Frimannslund can make a positive contribution to the furtherdevelopment of our Norwegian company, both in Norway and globally," saysHans-Otto Halvorsen, President of SAS Ground Services. "With his experience oflarge and operation-intensive organizations, as well as of purchasing andselling ground handling services, he has a solid background for this position."

Gorm Frimannslund has led a working group concerning infrastructure andenvironmental issues for the Association of European Airlines. He has aBachelor's Degree from BI Norwegian School of Management.

Frimannslund, 44, joined Widerøe's route planning department in 1987, he had been responsible for the airline's ground handling organization for ten years.Before hisappointment as COO and Accountable Manager in 2004. Prior to that, he hadworked for three years as Business Controller.

Although the date of appointment has not been decided, Frimannslund will takeoffice during the first quarter of 2007.