The Local Sweden

'Terror' alarm at Gothenburg airport caused by yoghurt and honey

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:51:21 +0200

A bag of suspicious containers which last year caused one of the departure halls at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport to be cordoned off turned out to contain no more than yoghurt and honey.

Weather warning upgraded as snow sweeps Sweden

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 13:27:54 +0100

Flights were cancelled and several traffic accidents reported on Wednesday as snow and strong winds moved in across the country.

Suspicious object at Gothenburg airport was food, not explosives

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 10:43:40 +0200

A man in his 20s who was arrested at Gothenburg's Landvetter Airport after a suspicious object was found in his luggage is no longer a suspect.

Flight declares emergency minutes after takeoff

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:40:41 +0100

A passenger plane had to make a controlled landing minutes after taking off from Gothenburg.

Ryanair slashes London routes from Gothenburg

Thu, 04 Aug 2016 09:25:03 +0200

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is set to halve its flights from Landvetter Airport in Gothenburg to London this autumn.

Bomb threat at Landvetter airport in Gothenburg

Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:29:53 +0200

Part of Landvetter airport in western Sweden was evacuated on Thursday morning after a number of suspicious plastic bags were discovered in the domestic flights terminal.

'No bomb' on board diverted SAS plane

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:30:27 +0100

UPDATED: Flights to and from Landvetter airport in Gothenburg are running again after a false bomb alert on a plane heading to Sweden from the UK.

Flights resume after Gothenburg 'bomb' scare

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:19:19 +0200

One of Sweden's busiest airports was forced to shut over the weekend after a suspect object was found in the car park.

German 'tourist' leaves airport home for job offer

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:55:00 +0100

The 27-year old German “tourist” who has been living rough in the Gothenburg Landvetter arrivals hall has left the airport after receiving an offer of a job and a place to live by a Stockholm firm.

German 'tourist' living in Gothenburg airport

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:00 +0100

A 27-year-old German man has been living at the Gothenburg Landvetter airport for two months having no wish to return to Germany and nowhere to go in Sweden.

Men cleared over Gothenburg airport heist

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:34:00 +0200

Three of the men charged in connection with last year's major robbery at Landvetter Airport have been cleared by the Court of Appeal. All three had previously been sentenced by the District Court to seven years in prison.

Plane raid suspects held in custody

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:34:00 +0200

Four men were remanded in custody by Gothenburg district court on Friday on suspicion of the raid on an SAS plane at the city's Landvetter airport in March.

Four arrested for Gothenburg airport heist

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:36:00 +0200

BACKGROUND: Gang attacks Gothenburg plane