The Swedish Government, through Kammarkollegiet, has decided to extend its contract for non-domestic flights with SAS AB and its Star AllianceTM partners Lufthansa, Swiss and Austrian Airlines. The contract is worth a total of SEK 700 million. Kammarkollegiet highly valued both SAS's prices and timetable, as it choose to extend the contract with SAS and its partners within the Star AllianceTM. The contract applies to all flights outside Sweden. The contract has been extended for one year until May 31, 2013. The SAS contract is used by 265 government authorities, departments, colleges and universities in Sweden.