Press Release

Issued by Lufttransport.

February 3, 2010

On the occasion of the Singapore Air Show 2010 Lufttransport AS and RUAG Aviation signed a Sale & Purchase Agreement for one Do 228 NG (New Generation) aircraft on February 3, 2010.

The aircraft will be used for passenger and cargo transport between Longyearbyen and gravel airfields at Svea and Ny Ålesund on the island of Svalbard, Norway. The customers of Lufttransport AS using the Do 228 NG are Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani AS (www.snsk.no) and King Bay AS (www.kingsbay.no). By this Lufttransport AS will become the launch customer for the Do 228 NG in Europe.

The Do 228 NG is a versatile multi-purpose turboprop aircraft. Besides the transport of up to 19 passengers the aircraft can be configured for various special mission roles like maritime surveillance, border and fishery patrol, oil pollution control as well as environmental research. The Do 228 New Generation is a completely modernized and enhanced Do 228-212 which was in production until 1999. Fuselage, wings and tail unit are manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Kanpur (India) and transported to Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, where RUAG Aviation carries out aircraft final assembly and outfitting. The most visible enhancements:

• Complete new digital glass cockpit

• State-of-the-art navigation and communication systems

• New five-bladed composite propeller

• New cabin layout with new comfort seats

The new Do 228 NG features excellent flight characteristics such as short-take-off capability, high payload and long range as well as its capability to take-off and land from unpaved runways with limited ground support services.

The aircraft will be already delivered by RUAG Aviation to Lufttransport AS in September 2010 and brings the Do 228 NG order book to 12 aircraft.