February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Ryanair":
Business & Money: 7 Dec 11
Sweden's advertising watchdog has been flooded with complaints concerning an advertisement for a calendar featuring scantily clad Ryanair stewardesses.
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Society: 12 Oct 11
The Local is taking another step out into the world, with the launch of thelocal.no, Norway’s news in English. There’s no better place to find out what’s going on in Sweden’s back yard, says editor Paul O’Mahony.
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Society: 4 Oct 11
The Irish low cost airline Ryanair is planning to establish more airport hubs in Sweden, in order to expand operations to include domestic travel within the region.
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National: 4 Aug 11
A furious Swedish family has blasted a Ryanair cabin crew after a passenger slipped into cardiac arrest and was just offered a sandwich and soda.
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National: 26 Apr 11
A Ryanair flight from Sweden to Paris with 173 people on board was forced to make a "security landing" at the Skavsta airport south of Stockholm on Monday after its instruments failed, the airport said.
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National: 9 Dec 10
About 70 Ryanair passengers were barred from leaving a plane stuck at Gothenburg City Airport in Säve for several hours on Wednesday evening.
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Society: 6 Dec 10
Swedes are losing faith in national rail service SJ, according to a recent consumer satisfaction survey. Meanwhile, results for airlines and bus companies are up.
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National: 14 Sep 10
A couple from Linköping in central Sweden who were marooned in Brussels after Ryanair cancelled their flight home will have their case heard by Sweden’s highest court.
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Society: 2 Sep 10
Airlines Ryanair and Norwegian can continue to charge fees to customers who purchase airline tickets with bank cards, despite new Swedish regulations forbidding the practice.
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Business & Money: 10 Aug 10
Mats Jansson, President and CEO of troubled Scandinavian airline SAS, has announced that he plans to leave his position in the autumn.
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National: 5 Aug 10
Ryanair has reversed plans to axe its route between Stockholm Västerås and London, the airline has confirmed. Meanwhile, a number of new routes have been announced.
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Business & Money: 2 Aug 10
Budget airline Ryanair has said it has no plans to stop charging fees for bank card payments, despite a new Swedish law intended to ban the practice.
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Business & Money: 8 Jul 10
Gothenburg's airports have become the new hotspots for budget flights, with EasyJet and Ryanair both increasing service to the city in the autumn.
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National: 26 May 10
A Swedish court ruled Wednesday that Irish low-cost airline Ryanair had no obligation to compensate a couple stranded in Brussels when one of its flights was cancelled due to heavy fog.
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National: 17 May 10
Volcano ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland has caused further disruption to flights from Sweden on Monday after the UK and Ireland were forced to close airports.
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National: 18 Apr 10
SAS has said almost all its flights in Scandinavia will remain grounded until after the weekend, while Ryanair has cancelled all services until Monday lunchtime.
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National: 15 Apr 10
Most Swedish airspace is to be shut down from 6pm on Thursday as volcanic ash continues to drift eastward from Iceland, the Civil Aviation Authority has said.
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Business & Money: 16 Feb 10
Stockholm Skavsta Airport and Irish budget airline Ryanair held crisis talks on Monday evening to try to resolve a long running dispute over unpaid bills and limited service.
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National: 11 Feb 10
Skavsta airport authorities have dismissed as "incorrect" accusations made by low-cost airline Ryanir that it had illegally closed its runway on Wednesday evening, forcing the airline to divert one of its flights.
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National: 3 Feb 10
All traffic in and out of Skavsta airport has come to a halt as heavy snow covers takeoff and landing strips and strong winds make flying treacherous. The harsh weather has also led to a number of school closures.
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National: 2 Feb 10
A 37-year-old British citizen has been arrested in Sweden after staff on a Ryanair plane claimed they spotted him secretly filming their security procedures.
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National: 7 Jan 10
A Latvian passenger whose drunken mid-air antics plunged a Ryanair flight into turmoil last summer has successfully appealed against an eight month jail term as a Swedish appeal court cleared him of sabotage charges.
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Business & Money: 24 Nov 09
Outspoken Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary slammed a Swedish consumer rights group on Tuesday, adding that the discount airline has not yet ruled out requiring passengers to pay to use the toilet while in the air.
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National: 5 Nov 09
A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers.
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Business & Money: 21 Sep 09
An offer of “free flights” by discount airline Ryanair to executives of Scandinavian airline SAS has erupted into a war of words between the rival airlines on Facebook which has invoked the character of a popular Jim Carrey film.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Aug 09
Airline industry veteran Rick Methven talks up the virtues of low cost air travel and recalls a pre-Ryanair era of outlandish prices and skies closed to the average consumer.
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Travel: 10 Aug 09
This summer, for the inevitable trip back to the UK, Ben Kersley was determined to avoid air travel and attempt to recapture the lost art of travel.
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Business & Money: 23 Mar 09
Low-cost airline Ryanair has been ordered by a Swedish court to compensate a couple from Linköping for costs incurred returning home after their flight from Brussels was canceled at the last minute.
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Travel: 6 Mar 09
Ryanair has plans to compete for routes on the ground in Sweden, according to the head of the Flygbussarna coach service.
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Travel: 5 Feb 09
Ryanair announced this week plans to open two new routes from Stockholm Västerås airport to destinations in Germany in Spain.
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Lifestyle: 15 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: New York theatre company and world class jazz in Stockholm; Emergenza festival in Gothenburg; Josh Rouse in Malmö.
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National: 4 Jan 09
Snow and ice made driving treacherous on roads in southern Sweden on Saturday with a slew of accidents as a result. Passengers were left stranded at Stockholm Skavsta airport as a Ryanair flight was cancelled.
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Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months.
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Lifestyle: 2 Dec 08
From cheap dates with movie stars to the latest free music service, Thanh Dinh has some great tips for biting back at the credit crunch.
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Travel: 18 Nov 08
Michael O'Leary, CEO of budget airline Ryanair, has criticized a Swedish advertising watchdog for its claims that the company uses naked women as part of its marketing.
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Society: 14 Nov 08
Low-cost airline Ryanair has responded to 'anti-fun' opponents of its advertising by sending its raunchy 2009 cabin crew calendar to select Swedish politicians.
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Travel: 12 Nov 08
A planned new transatlantic venture from budget airline Ryanair may see flights departing from Sweden to the United States within the next few years.
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Society: 4 Nov 08
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair went on trial in a Swedish court on Tuesday accused of compensation infringements for cancelled flights, the Swedish Consumer Agency (KO) said.
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Society: 14 Oct 08
Budget airline Ryanair went on the attack on Thursday, mocking Swedish feminist politician Birgitta Ohlsson’s call for a boycott of the airline because of its allegedly sexist advertising practices.
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Society: 14 Oct 08
Birgitta Ohlsson, one of Sweden’s most prominent feminist politicians, has called for a consumer boycott of Ryanair in response to the discount airline’s attitudes about an ad deemed sexist by a Swedish advertising trade group.
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Society: 10 Oct 08
Ryanair on Friday claimed Sweden's Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising was out of touch with the "Britney Spears generation" after the agency accused the airline of running a sexist ad campaign.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
Low-cost airline Ryanair has received a reprimand from Sweden's Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising (ERK) for an ad campaign featuring a scantily clad woman posing as a schoolgirl.
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Travel: 20 Sep 08
A Swedish woman was obliged to buy a new ticket when travelling home on Ryanair after a weekend with her daughter in London. The problem - her name was too long.
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Business & Money: 20 Aug 08
Spanair pilots threatened to strike on Wednesday in protest that the loss-making airline, owned by Nordic carrier SAS, lacked a plan to save itself.
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Business & Money: 11 Aug 08
The number of low cost airlines landing at Stockholm's Arlanda airport has trebled over the last five years, Dagens Nyheter reports.
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Business & Money: 29 Jul 08
Irish airline Ryanair's 85 percent year-on-year drop in profits reported on Monday could affect Swedish airports. Stockholm Skavsta Airport relies on Ryanair for 90 percent of its traffic.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 08
Discount airline Ryanair announced plans on Tuesday to add four new routes to eastern Europe from Stockholm’s Skavsta airport.
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Dating: 17 Jun 08
Richie Rankin reveals why Swedish women are developing a penchant for dating men from abroad.
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Business & Money: 28 Feb 08
Ryanair flouts rulings by the National Board for Consumer Complaints more than any other company.
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Society: 21 Feb 08
Budget airline Ryanair has said it will not be taking any bookings this weekend.
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Travel: 18 Jan 08
Taking a ferry out of Stockholm need not mean a booze cruise to Helsinki. Alannah Eames went to Latvia to check out one of Sweden's most charming neighbours.
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Business & Money: 17 Dec 07
Ryanair has settled out of court its dispute with Göran Persson and Laila Freivalds.
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Business & Money: 6 Dec 07
Swedes are some of the most dissatisfied flyers in Europe. But they are not complaining about home-grown airlines.
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Business & Money: 14 Nov 07
The Swedish Consumer Agency has revealed that over a third of Swedish online air ticket providers routinely breach consumer regulations.
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Business & Money: 16 Oct 07
Sweden's consumer watchdog has decided to take low price airline Ryanair to court for failing to properly compensate its customer for cancelled flights.
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Business & Money: 8 Oct 07
More people than ever before are packing their bags and taking flights from Swedish airports to foreign destinations.
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Business & Money: 4 Oct 07
Danish low-cost airline Sterling is to start five new routes from Malmö, three months after Ryanair announced it was withdrawing from the southern Swedish airport.
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National: 19 Jul 07
Ryanair released tickets for 11 new routes from 7 bases around Europe on Thursday. The new routes include Dublin to Stockholm Skavsta but five Swedish routes will cease to operate as part of the change.
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Business & Money: 14 Jun 07
Ryanair's Viking chief, Michael O'Leary, was in Stockholm on Thursday to announce a major expansion at Skavsta airport. The airline plans to launch 13 new routes to European destinations, including Berlin, Liverpool and Valencia.
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Society: 10 May 07
Low-cost airline Ryanair has announce that is to begin a new service from Växjö to Düsseldorf.
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Business & Money: 18 Apr 07
Ryanair is to end its flights from Skavsta to Brussels, Kaunas and Gdansk. These will be replaced in May by three new routes.
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Business & Money: 15 Mar 07
Stockholm Skavsta Airport has been given permission to increase the number of passengers it carries to 6 million a year, up from 1.7 million last year.
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National: 8 Feb 07
Heavy snow in southern England has led to the cancellation of flights between Sweden and London.
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National: 24 Jan 07
Communications problems caused nine flights to be cancelled at Skavsta airport on Tuesday. But on Wednesday morning it was business as usual.
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National: 23 Jan 07
A major telecoms network fault grounded flights from Skavsta on Tuesday evening, with incoming flights diverted to other airports.
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National: 21 Dec 06
Passengers trying to get to Britain from Sweden in time for Christmas were facing severe disruption on Thursday, with two British Airways flights cancelled and severe delays to SAS services.
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National: 7 Nov 06
If you're planning to travel in and out of Sweden for Christmas, you should book now, according to airlines. SAS says that flights to and from UK and the US are already getting full.
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National: 18 Oct 06
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is to launch new routes from Västerås airport to London Stansted and Dublin, following the new government's axing of plans for a new flight tax.
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National: 19 Sep 06
The flight tax due to come into force this autumn is to be shelved by the centre-right Alliance that is to take control in Sweden next month.
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Business & Money: 6 Sep 06
Shipping company DFDS Seaways is to ditch its route between Gothenburg and the English port of Newcastle.
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National: 10 Aug 06
Flights from Sweden to London were still being cancelled on Thursday evening, with BA services worst hit. SAS flights to London were running, but incoming flights were cancelled. Ryanair escapes the worst of the delays.
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National: 2 Aug 06
A threat was received on Monday against Stockholm Skavsta airport, and a major security operation was started. Police tell The Local that the threat was taken seriously.
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National: 11 Jul 06
In response to an impending increase in flight taxes, budget airline Ryanair is to close its operation at Västerås airport and will significantly reduce its services from Malmö and Gothenburg.
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National: 6 Jul 06
The European Commission has said it fears that Sweden's proposed flight tax will damage competition in the Swedish flight industry, meaning it the idea could be grounded.
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Business & Money: 5 Jul 06
The low-cost airline has upped the ante over the government's proposed flight tax. If we don't get confirmation over the tax in the next few weeks, we'll start cutting back, the company says.
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National: 14 Jun 06
The implementation of Sweden's flight tax, due to be implemented from August, could be delayed until the autumn due to the need for European approval.
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National: 12 Jun 06
Low-cost airline Ryanair tells The Local it will axe Swedish flights in six weeks if the government doesn't make a decision over a proposed environmental tax.
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National: 12 May 06
A man in his 30s has been ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment after being found guilty of sexually harassing air hostesses on the streets of Nyköping.
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Politics: 6 Apr 06
Sweden's prime minister and former foreign minister are suing Ryanair after the low cost airline used a picture of them in an advertisement without their permission.
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National: 18 Mar 06
Sweden's proposed new flight tax could break EU law, according to the Council on Laws. The proposal to make flights to isolated areas exempt could break competition laws, it said.
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Business & Money: 15 Mar 06
The low-cost airline says some routes from Stockholm Västerås and Malmö Sturup will be closed if the government's proposed 100 kr tax on flights is passed this summer.
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 06
Low-cost airline Wizz Air said on Wednesday it would offer flights from Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas to Malmö in Sweden and the Danish capital Copenhagen.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 05
Less than three months after starting operations in Lithuania, Irish low-cost airline Ryanair announces the launch of a second route from the Baltic state, linking the city of Kaunas to Stockholm.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Dec 05
Well, if you did, chances are it wasn't another Swede who told it. At an Anglo-Swedish wedding, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent wonders why Swedes never tease each other.
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Business & Money: 10 Nov 05
Swedish airline FlyMe is launching twelve new routes from Gothenburg to European destinations, as part of a major expansion. London, Paris and Amsterdam are among the new lines.
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National: 2 Nov 05
A Ryanair plane on a flight from Finland to Britain was forced to make an emergency landing in Malmö on Tuesday after experiencing engine trouble. The plane was carrying 111 passengers.
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Business & Money: 26 Oct 05
The low price airline Ryanair says that the Swedish government's plan for a flat tax of 100 kronor on every flight in and out of the country will harm tourism and do nothing for the environment.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 05
Our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent meets an Englishman who, despite one setback after another in the Swedish capital, just won't give up and go home.
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National: 30 Sep 05
A Ryanair pilot who landed a plane too fast at Stockholm Skavsta, in what an air accident report described as a "serious incident", was suffering marital problems and was to due to return home to Australia.
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Business & Money: 13 Sep 05
The Irish low-cost airline is being taken to court by the Swedish government, which claims that Ryanair owes it 1.5 million kronor. We were never obliged to pay the money, says the company.
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Business & Money: 2 Sep 05
Low fares airline Ryanair has threatened to stop its planned expansion at Stockholm's Skavsta airport, arguing that a new "safety charge" is too high.
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National: 17 Aug 05
The British Tourist Board has had hardly any enquiries from tourists afraid of travelling to London after the July bomb attacks. Except from one country: the board's office in Sweden has been inundated.
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Business & Money: 30 May 05
Tickets for new low-cost route from Stockholm to London have gone on sale. Swedish airline FlyMe says it wants to compete with SAS and British Airways for business customers.
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National: 10 Mar 05
A workplace study reveals that Skavsta airport probably has the most sleep deprived staff in Sweden, with some police officers only getting two and a half hours' shut eye. Experts claim the situation increases the risk of accidents. Too bad, say police chiefs: it's Ryanair's fault and we can't do anything about it.
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Smörgåsbord: 29 Nov 04
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Smörgåsbord: 22 Sep 04
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Business & Money: 9 Sep 04
A series of negative newspaper articles and an airport protest by a trade union provokes a response from Ryanair's famously abrasive chief executive. But does anyone care when you can fly to Paris for 348 crowns?
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Business & Money: 27 Aug 04
The ailing Scandinavian giant, cornered by the low-cost carriers, finally wields its mighty commercial axe - and lowers fares slightly.
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