Welcome aboard SAS Group Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2005 Contents The SAS Group 1 Business areas 27 Financial report 54 Results for the year 2 Scandinavian Airlines Businesses 27 Report by the Board of Directors 54 Important events 3 Scandinavian Airlines Danmark 30 The SAS Group President’s comments 4 SAS Braathens 31 - Statement of income, incl. comments 57 Turnaround 2005 fully implemented 6 Scandinavian Airlines Sverige 32 - Summary statement of income 58 Business concept, vision, objectives & values 7 Scandinavian Airlines International 33 - Balance sheet, incl. comments 59 The SAS Group’s strategies & Operational key figures, ten-year overview 34 - Change in shareholders’ equity 60 management model 8 - Cash flow statement, incl. comments 61 The SAS Group’s brand portfolio 9 Subsidiary & Affiliated Airlines 35 - Accounting and valuation policies 62 New business model & greater Spanair 38 - Notes and supplemental information 65 customer value 10 Widerøe 39 Parent Company SAS AB, statement of income The SAS Group’s markets & growth 12 Blue1 40 and balance sheet, cash flow statement, Analysis of the SAS Group’s competitors 13 airBaltic 41 change in shareholders’ equity and notes 82 Alliances 14 Estonian Air 42 Proposed disposition of earnings 84 Quality, safety & business processes 15 Auditors’ Report 84 Airline Support Businesses 43 SAS Ground Services 44 The capital market SAS Technical Services 45 Corporate governance 85 & Investor Relations 17 SAS Cargo Group 46 Corporate Governance Report 85 Share data 18 - Legal structure 89 Airline Related Businesses 47 Ten-year financial overview - Board & auditors 90 SAS Flight Academy 48 including comments 20 - Group Management 91 SAS Business Opportunities 49 Cycles, trends & risks 22 Board of Directors’ report 92 SAS Media 49 Financing, investment & capital employed 25 The organization of the SAS Group 2006 93 European Aeronautical Group 50 Chairman’s comments 94 Jetpak Group 50 Hotels 51 Sustainability Report 95 Overview, income & key figures 51 Organizational structure 52 The SAS Group Sustainability Report 2005 was examined by the Group’s external auditors. Brands & market outlook 53 Responsibility for sustainable development 96 e Our world - our stakeholders 97 Sustainable development work 100 Social responsibility 103 Environmental responsibility 106 Financial responsibility 108 Results for the year 110 Statement of limited review 115 Facts 116 Aircraft fleet & route network 116 Definitions & concepts Back flap SAS retrospective Back cover Company information Reports Group publications Financial calendar Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting All reports are available in English and The Code of Conduct, rules and I Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting, The SAS Group’s Annual General Swedish and can be ordered from: SAS, guidelines for business ethics for Apr. 20, 2006 Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on SE-195 87 Stockholm, the SAS Group in Danish, Norwe- I Interim Report 1 (Jan.-Mar.), May 4, 2006 April 20 at 3:00 p.m. Venues: telephone +46 8 797 17 88, gian, Swedish, English and Spanish I Interim Report 2 (Jan.-Jun.), Aug. 9, 2006 I Copenhagen: Radisson SAS Scandi- fax +46 8 797 51 10. and “Civil Aviation in Scandinavia - I Interim Report 3 (Jan.-Sep.), Nov. 8, 2006 navia, Hotel, Amager Boulevard 70 They can also be ordered on the Internet: value and importance” in Danish, I Year-end Report 2006, Feb. 2007 I Solna: The SAS Group head office, www.sasgroup.net Swedish and English are available in I Annual Report 2006, March 2007 Frösundaviks Allé 1 Direct further questions to SAS Group printed or digital form at The SAS Group’s monthly traffic data and I Oslo: Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel, Investor Relations, Vice President - www.sasgroup.net most recently updated financial calendar are Sonja Henies Plass 3. Head of SAS Group Investor Relations, available under Investor Relations at Sture Stølen, telephone +46 8 797 14 51 www.sasgroup.net or e-mail: [email protected] The SAS Group SAS AB is the parent company of the SAS Group, the Nordic region’s largest listed airline and travel group, offering air transport, airline related services and hospitality services. Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair and Blue1 are members of the world’s largest global airline alliance - Star Alliance™. The Group also includes the airlines Widerøe and airBaltic as well as the partly owned airline Estonian Air. The other business areas are Airline Support Businesses, Airline Related Businesses and Hotels. Scandinavian Subsidiary Airline Support Airline Related Hotels Airlines Businesses & Affiliated Airlines Businesses Businesses Scandinavian Airlines Spanair SAS Ground Services SAS Flight Academy Rezidor SAS Danmark SAS Braathens Widerøe SAS Cargo Group SAS Media Scandinavian Airlines SAS Business Blue1 SAS Te c hnical Services* Sverige Opportunities Scandinavian Airlines airBaltic * The SAS Group concluded Jetpak Group** International an agreement to sell 67% of SAS Component European in November 2005. Affiliated Airlines: Aeronautical Group** Estonian Air ** Sold during the fourth quarter of 2005. The Annual Report 2005 follows the business structure above. As of January 1, 2006, the business area Airline Related Businesses was eliminated, and SAS Business Opportunities was moved to Scandinavian Airlines Businesses. SAS Flight Academy was moved to Airline Support Businesses and SAS Media to Corporate Functions. The new business structure in effect from January 1, 2006, is found on page 93. The SAS Group in brief (Definitions & concepts, see back flap.) Summary statement of income, Group 2005 2004 1 Key figures, Group 2005 2004 Operating revenue, MSEK 61,887 58,093 Investment, MSEK 1,827 3,865 1 EBITDAR, MSEK 6,117 4,468 Average number of employees 32,363 32,481 EBITDAR margin 9.9% 7.7% Total number of aircraft 294 297 EBIT, MSEK 1,373 –792 Number of daily departures, average 1,520 1,450 EBIT margin 2.2% –1.4% Number of destinations 147 146 CFROI 13% 9% Carbon dioxide (CO2), 000 tonnes 6,182 5,951 Income before capital gains Nitrogen oxides (NOX), 000 tonnes 23.2 22.0 and nonrecurring items, MSEK 114 –1,701 1 Of which women 42% (42%) and men 58% (58%). EBT, income after financial items, MSEK 418 –1,833 1 Restated result (for description, see the Report by the Board of Directors, page 56). Earnings and degree of achievement of long-term targets, Group companies, 2005 Key figures, share, SEK 2005 2004 Negative Positive Target Improvement Earnings per share 1.06 –10.70 earnings earnings achievement 1 since 2004 Market price at year-end 104.5 60.0 Dividend (proposed for 2005) 0.0 0.0 Scandinavian Airlines Danmark Dividend yield, average price 0.0% 0.0% SAS Braathens Scandinavian Airlines Sverige Scandinavian Airlines International Spanair Key figures, Group’s airline operations 2005 Change Widerøe Number of passengers, 000 34,926 8.0% Blue1 Number of passengers, including bonus trips, 000 36,312 6.0% airBaltic RPK, mill. 35,085 6.8% SAS Ground Services ASK, mill. 52,754 2.4% SAS Technical Services Cabin factor, scheduled 66.5% +2.8 pts.1 SAS Cargo Group Cabin factor, scheduled, including bonus trips 69.1% +3.3 pts.1 SAS Flight Academy Yield, SEK 1.14 1.4% Rezidor SAS Unit cost, SEK 0.74 2.1% 1 1 Degree of achievement of the Group’s return requirement over a business cycle. Change in percentage points (pts.). Scandinavian Airlines Businesses The business area consists of the Main markets: Scandinavia, airlines Scandinavian Airlines Danmark, Europe, North America and Asia. Key figures 2005 2004 Sales breakdown 2005 SAS Braathens and Scandinavian Competitors are airlines that fly to, from Operating revenue, MSEK 36,695 35,673 Norway 34% Airlines Sverige, which operate flights and within Scandinavia. Chief rivals are EBITDAR, MSEK 3,427 2,123 Sweden 23% to/from and within Denmark, Norway EBITDAR margin 9.3% 6.0% Denmark 12% Finnair Group, Air France/KLM, British and Sweden. Scandinavian Airlines Earnings, MSEK –48 –1,464 Airways, Norwegian, Sterling, Ryanair International operates the Group’s CFROI 9% 6% and germanwings.* Investment, MSEK 323 970 Share of Group intercontinental flights. The airlines car- operating Number of passengers, mill. 23.8 23.8 ried approximately 24 million Customers: Primarily frequent travelers 1 revenue: .3% Average no. of employees 8,242 9,254 50 passengers in 2005. The business in the business and leisure segments. 2 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 000 t. 4,245 3,747 area coordinates the Group’s sales 2 Return requirements: At least 20% Nitrogen oxides (NOX), 000 t. 16.0 14.1 resources in Scandinavia and inter- CFROI over a business cycle. Environmental index 72 76 nationally. 1 Of which women 53% and men 47%. 2 Excluding Braathens. Share of Group operating Subsidiary & Affiliated Airlines Sreveharnue:e of G roup50 .3% The business area consists of the air- Main markets: Spain, Norway, Finland operating lines Spanair, Widerøe, Blue1 and air- and the Baltic states. Key figures 2005 2004 Sales breakdownrevenue: 19 2005.7% Baltic, which carried approximately 11 Competitors are Iberia, Finnair Group, Operating revenue, MSEK 14,352 11,858 Spain 58% million passengers in 2005. Spanair is Air Europa, Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling EBITDAR, MSEK 1,920 1,455 Norway 17% Spain’s second-largest airline and oper- and network airlines in Europe. * EBITDAR margin 13.4% 12.3% Finland 7% ates scheduled and charter flights. Earnings, MSEK 279 27 Share of Group Widerøe is the Nordic region’s leading Customers: The airlines’ business Investment, MSEK 342 1,017 operating rSeveharnue:e of Group Number of passengers, mill. 11,1 8,6 50.3% regional carrier, and Blue1 is Finland’s models are tailored to their respective operating Average no. of employees 1 5,903 5,145 fastest growing airline in domestic and markets for frequent travelers in the 2 revenue: 19.7% Carbon dioxide (CO2), 000 t. 1,928 1,603 Share of Group international service.