DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Scandinavian airliner SAS AB (SAS.SK) Wednesday said it has together with its partners Lufthansa (LHA.XE), Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Singapore Airlines (C6L.SG) received an air travel contract worth in total SEK400 million from the Swedish government.

 
   MAIN FACTS:

-The contract runs until May 31 2014, with a possible extension of at most 36 months.

-At 1141 GMT, shares in SAS were up 0.4% at SEK12.10 against a 0.9% drop in the wider Stockholm market.

Write to Gustav Sandstrom at gustav.sandstrom@dowjones.com

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