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Ryanair forced to make Stockholm security stop

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. READ »

Ryanair reverses plan to axe London route

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. READ »

Volcano ash causes flight disruption

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. READ »

Sweden to open 'almost all' airspace

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden is set to gradually open almost all of its airspace by 4pm on Wednesday, including Stockholm's three airports and one of Gothenburg's, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. READ »

Stockholm Skavsta set to reopen

National: 20 Apr 10
Skavsta airport south of Stockholm is set to reopen on Tuesday, according to an update from the Civil Aviation Authority, while airports south of a line between Norrköping and Strömstad remain closed. READ »

Swedish flights grounded until Monday

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. READ »

Stockholm Skavsta and Ryanair hold crisis talks

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. READ »

Skavsta rejects Ryanair 'illegal closure' claims

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. READ »

Icy conditions cause chaos on Sweden's roads

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. READ »

Ryanair woes threaten Swedish airports

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. READ »

Ryanair adds new routes from Stockholm

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. READ »

Bus strike set to spread

National: 8 Jul 08
A strike by bus drivers is set to spread beyond central Stockholm to other parts of the country and to airport shuttle buses after talks between employers and unions failed. READ »

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. READ »

Ryanair in major Skavsta expansion

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. READ »

Ryanair ditches Brussels for Venice

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. READ »

Skavsta allowed to triple passenger numbers

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. READ »

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. READ »

Storm leaves three dead and 280,000 without power

National: 14 Jan 07
Storms battering western and southern Sweden gathered strength on Sunday, flattening trees and causing power cuts. Three people have died and over 280,000 households were without electricity on Sunday night. READ »

Christmas rush for plane tickets

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. READ »

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. READ »

'Serious' threat against Skavsta

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. READ »

Ryanair scraps Sweden lines over flight tax

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. READ »

Ryanair launch Sweden-Lithuania route

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. READ »

Swe Fly facing bankruptcy

Business & Money: 5 Sep 05
Swe Fly, the Sweden-based airline which carries passengers from England to Pakistan via Skavsta, is on the verge of going bust. Weekend flights were cancelled and 400 passengers were left stranded in Lahore. READ »


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