Scandinavian Airlines System AB [RIC:RIC:SASSA.UL]:
ANNOUNCES LARGEST INVESTMENT IN COMPANY HISTORY
INVESTMENT COMPRISES UP TO 40 AIRBUS WIDEBODY AIRCRAFT, COMBINING NEW AIRBUS A330-900NEO AIRCRAFT WITH ADDITIONAL AIRBUS A330-300 AIRCRAFT
AIRBUS ORDER REPRESENTS HIGHEST-VALUE AIRCRAFT ORDER EVER PLACED BY SAS, WITH TOTAL LIST PRICE OF OVER USD 10 BILLION
IF SAS' PLANNED GROWTH IS REALIZED, IT WILL SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL 25,000 JOBS AND CONTRIBUTE DKK 25 BILLION TO GDP BY 2030
PLANNED GROWTH WILL INCREASE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS SUPPORTED BY SAS TO 64,000 AND RAISE ITS TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO GDP TO DKK 66 BILLION
IN ADDITION, THE PLANNED GROWTH WILL SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 4,000 NEW JOBS IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN