March 15, 2010
Stansted
The following articles have been tagged with "Stansted":
Brit arrested for filming onboard plane
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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Air scare passenger will not face jail
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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Boxers pin passenger in mid-air scare
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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SAS uses Facebook to call out Ryanair's 'dirty tricks'
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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Where would we be without Ryanair?
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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The lost art of travel: Catching the ferry to Britain
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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Swedish name blocked by Ryanair
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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Ryanair closes five Swedish routes
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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Ryanair cancels London flights after snow
National: 8 Feb 07
Heavy snow in southern England has led to the cancellation of flights between Sweden and London.
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Skavsta flights grounded due to fault
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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Ryanair launches new London and Dublin lines
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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Terror alert causes chaos on London flights
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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Ryanair jet in Malmö emergency
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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Stockholm Syndrome: Communication breakdown
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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Dangerous Skavsta landing "due to marriage problems"
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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FlyMe London tickets go on sale
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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Pass the sick bag: Ryanair hits Swedish turbulence
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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Style rookie: a 13-year old girl controls the fashion industry »
"I read a very interesting article about style rookie, one of the most influential fashion bloggers and style icons at the moment, in the City newspaper last week. Tevi Gevinson, the American girl behind the blog, is often considered the new wunderkind in the fashion industry as she is she is only 13 years old..." READ »
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Sweden — with its midnight sun, northern lights and areas with certainty of snow — is attracting filmmakers from all around the world. Besides an exotic environment, Sweden has other advantages as a... - Veronica Hedenmark
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Victoria Webster became Sweden’s first specialist in emergency medical care. This attracted considerable media attention, since she has a cerebral palsy (CP)* disorder. - Jesper Odelberg
“I want people to stop seeing the wheelchair and instead see the person sitting in it — only then can we be treated as equals,” says comedian and musician Jesper Odelberg.
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