 CEO Arne A. Jensen stated to the press that he felt that the cause of the problems were made in 1993 , when the airline failed to make the correct choices in relation to the deregulation . He stated that he felt that part of the cause was that KLM and the Braathens family had cancelled a planned private placement . He further stated that a monopoly was the best for society , the passengers and the employees . He also stated that if the appeal failed , he had a " Plan B " , involving a much smaller airline that would compete with SAS on the main routes . From October , the airline terminated its service to Milan and reduced capacity on some domestic routes ; this removed the need for two aircraft . In addition , the airline increased all ticket prices with 5 % , due to higher insurance costs . 
