Copenhagen/Stockholm - Shares in SAS, the operator of the joint-carrier Scandinavian Airlines, surged Friday on a report that Lufthansa is interested in the Scandinavian market and is in talks with SAS.
A Lufthansa executive quoted by the Jyllands-Posten newspaper, however, did not say if a possible merger was being considered.
SAS shares climbed some 15 per cent in late afternoon trading on the Stockholm bourse.