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• SAS share price plunges after Spanair crash

  - 2008-08-20

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Shares in Scandinavian carrier SAS plunged 6.41 percent on the Stockholm stock exchange on Wednesday after an airplane owned by its Spanish subsidiary Spanair crashed at Madrid's airport. The share price fell by as much as 8.0 percent before recovering some ground in late afternoon trading,...

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• Hanson holds SAS Masters lead

  - 2008-08-16

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Home favourite Peter Hanson carded a third round 68 to lead the SAS Masters with a ten under par total of 200 on Saturday. The Swede has a two stroke advantage over a group of five players - Nick Dougherty, Scot Gary Orr, Dane Soren Kjeldsen...

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• Dougherty snatches share of SAS Masters lead

  - 2008-08-15

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Nick Dougherty rattled off birdies in three of the last four holes to share the midway lead at the SAS Masters after Friday's second round. The 26-year-old Liverpudlian carded a second successive 66 to put him on an eight under par total of 132, a score...

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• SAS reports flying into loss in second quarter

  - 2008-08-14

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it had flown into loss during the second quarter owing to the economic slowdown and high fuel prices, and would slash another 500 jobs and seven planes from its fleet. The company recorded a loss of 411 million kroner (43.9...

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• Linhart, Dougherty and Hanson share SAS Masters lead

  - 2008-08-14

  STOCKHOLM AFP — Rounds of 66 from Pedro Linhart, Nick Dougherty and Peter Hanson were enough for a first round joint lead in the SAS Masters here on Thursday. Spain's Linhart even had three bogies in his round, but a mammoth seven birdies meant he notched up a four-under...

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• Iberia drops bid for Spanair

  - 2008-05-29

  MADRID AFP — Spanish airline Iberia said Thursday it has dropped its bid for SAS unit Spanair after failing to reach an agreement and was unlikely to revise it given the changed economic environment. The Spanish flag carrier said in a statement that it decided to withdraw its offer...

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• SAS goes on trial in Denmark over Asian air hostess hires

  - 2008-03-05

  COPENHAGEN AFP — Scandinavian airline SAS went on trial in Copenhagen on Wednesday for hiring Chinese and Japanese flight attendants without Danish work permits. The company stands accused of employing 65 Asian airline hostesses (34 Chinese and 31 Japanese citizens) without Danish work permits since 2005. The prosecution...

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• Iberia makes formal offer to SAS for Spanair: reports

  - 2008-02-15

  MADRID AFP — Spain's Iberia on Friday formally presented an offer to buy the country's second largest airline, Spanair, from Scandinavian carrier SAS, Spanish media said. Spain's flag carrier had announced on Thursday that it planned to make a joint bid for Spanair with privately-owned aviation group Gestair, and...

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• SAS seeks 77 million dollars from Bombardier for faulty planes

  - 2007-10-03

  STOCKHOLM AFP — SAS airline said Wednesday it would seek compensation from plane manufacturer Bombardier for costs and lost revenue after faulty landing gear on its Dash 8-400 planes forced SAS to ground its Dash fleet for three weeks. SAS would seek "500 million Swedish kronor (77 million dollars,...

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• Camp Wallaby toughens Aussies for World Cup

  - 2007-08-05

  BRISBANE, Australia AFP — The Wallabies are roughing it in a self-styled 'boot camp' monitored by former SAS commandos to prepare for next month's Rugby World Cup in France. The Australians are emulating their country's cricketers -- who went into camp before last southern summer's 5-0 Ashes sweep of...

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