By Peter Maushagen
FRANKFURT, April 13 (Reuters) - Lufthansa is intalks with the owners of Scandinavian carrier SAS andBrussels Airlines as it seeks to expand its network of airlinesand add to its Eurowings low-cost platform, according to peopleclose to Lufthansa.
Two sources said on Wednesday that the German carrier hadbeen in talks with the owners of SAS since the autumn.
The talks could result in Lufthansa taking a stake in SAS -half owned by Denmark, Norway and Sweden - a cooperation, orsome other kind of partnership, they said.
Lufthansa said it has been a partner with SAS since airlinecooperation group Star Alliance was founded and as a result isin continuous talks with the Scandinavian carrier. "Anythingelse is speculation," a Lufthansa spokesman said.
SAS declined comment.
($1 = 0.8800 euros) (Additional reporting by Arno Schuetze, Victoria Bryan and MiaShanley; Writing by Maria Sheahan; Editing by Jonathan Gould)
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