https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Starting this autumn, Ryanair will fly from Stockholm’s main airport to 21 European destinations. https://www.thelocal.se/20210506/ryanair-to-start-flying-from-arlanda-this-autumn Thu, 06 May 2021 14:56:51 +0200 ryanair-to-start-flying-from-arlanda-this-autumn Ryanair refuses to compensate customers for cancellations or delays more often than any other company in Sweden, according to a new ranking. https://www.thelocal.se/20200219/ryanair-tops-swedish-consumer-blacklist Wed, 19 Feb 2020 09:15:17 +0100 ryanair-tops-swedish-consumer-blacklist Budget airline Ryanair is closing its base at Skavsta airport in Nyköping, one of the airports used for reaching the Swedish capital. But the decision doesn't mean Ryanair flights from the airport will stop completely. https://www.thelocal.se/20191205/ryanair-to-close-base-at-stockholm-skavsta-airport Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:40:35 +0100 ryanair-to-close-base-at-stockholm-skavsta-airport Ryanair's pilots in Sweden went on strike on August 10th, with several flights cancelled at Skavsta. https://www.thelocal.se/20180810/ryanair-flights-grounded-as-pilots-strike-sweden Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:07:00 +0200 ryanair-flights-grounded-as-pilots-strike-sweden Ryanair has cancelled a number of Swedish flights as a consequence of a forthcoming pilot strike that will cause disruption in three EU countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20180806/swedish-departures-cancelled-as-ryanair-strikes-ground-more-flights Mon, 06 Aug 2018 13:59:43 +0200 swedish-departures-cancelled-as-ryanair-strikes-ground-more-flights Swedish pilots working for airline Ryanair will go on strike for 24 hours on August 10th, according to Expressen. https://www.thelocal.se/20180801/swedish-ryanair-pilots-to-go-on-strike Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:45:58 +0200 swedish-ryanair-pilots-to-go-on-strike Travellers between Sweden and London were left waiting an extra 24 hours to get their journey under way following extensive delays to a flight departing from an airport used to provide budget routes to Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20170104/passengers-furious-as-ryanair-flight-from-sweden-delayed-by-24-hours Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:09:36 +0100 passengers-furious-as-ryanair-flight-from-sweden-delayed-by-24-hours Irish low-cost airline Ryanair is set to halve its flights from Landvetter Airport in Gothenburg to London this autumn. https://www.thelocal.se/20160804/ryanair-slashes-routes-from-gothenburg Thu, 04 Aug 2016 09:25:03 +0200 ryanair-slashes-routes-from-gothenburg Fly with low-cost airlines? 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You're more environmentally friendly, according to Swedish researchers. https://www.thelocal.se/20160713/low-cost-flights-greener-than-pricier-airlines Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:16:39 +0200 low-cost-flights-greener-than-pricier-airlines Low-cost airline boss Michael O'Leary has said Sweden must do more to attract other European businesses and backed the campaign to keep the UK in the EU, at a press conference in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20160223/sweden-has-attractive-ladies-but-not-enough-growth-ryanair-boss Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:48:32 +0100 sweden-has-attractive-ladies-but-not-enough-growth-ryanair-boss Just weeks after Scandinavians learned that they could look forward to up to eleven new long-distance routes from SAS, the company announced it was cutting nine other flights from Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. https://www.thelocal.se/20151016/sas-cuts-foreign-routes-from-nordics Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:07:52 +0200 sas-cuts-foreign-routes-from-nordics Swedish unions have announced plans to join a Danish strike against Ryanair which could see the budget airline pull out of Scandinavia's biggest airport. https://www.thelocal.se/20150708/swedish-unions-join-ryanair-strike-threat Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:12:23 +0200 swedish-unions-join-ryanair-strike-threat Get your swimsuits and poker faces ready. In a pair of announcements this week, budget airline Norwegian revealed new long-haul flights out of Stockholm and the other Scandinavian capitals to Las Vegas and the Caribbean. https://www.thelocal.se/20150422/new-flights-set-to-take-off-from-stockholm Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:06:04 +0200 new-flights-set-to-take-off-from-stockholm UPDATED: Norwegian and SAS airlines have announced that they will require two staff in each plane's cockpit at all times following the Germanwings crash this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20150327/scandinavian-airlines-review-cockpit-rules Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:25:15 +0100 scandinavian-airlines-review-cockpit-rules Flights between Sweden's second city and Cambridge in the UK take off next Monday, with the move designed to improve travel for staff working for Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in both locations. https://www.thelocal.se/20150223/gothenburg-and-cambridge-in-new-air-link-for-scientists Mon, 23 Feb 2015 13:16:00 +0100 gothenburg-and-cambridge-in-new-air-link-for-scientists Scandinavian airline SAS has announced a boost to its passenger numbers, with 7.1 percent more people travelling with the company in December 2014 compared with a year ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20150112/more-passengers-travelling-with-sas Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:44:00 +0100 more-passengers-travelling-with-sas Irish low cost airline Ryanair has cut several routes from Swedish airports, including Gothenburg, Nyköping and Västerås. https://www.thelocal.se/20131214/ryanair-slashes-sweden-routes Sat, 14 Dec 2013 10:19:00 +0100 ryanair-slashes-sweden-routes Irish airline Ryanair's new flight between Barcelona and southern Sweden has failed to draw in the Spanish tourists, despite the best efforts of the Swedish tourism board and the Spanish media to push the region's Baltic coast delights. https://www.thelocal.se/20131105/barcelona-not-interested-in-southern-sweden Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:05:00 +0100 barcelona-not-interested-in-southern-sweden A normally staid Swedish newscaster found herself overcome with the giggles on live television following a segment featuring Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary trying to impersonate a ghost. https://www.thelocal.se/20130830/49958 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 12:41:00 +0200 49958 In Stockholm, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary on Thursday dismissed complaints from pilots about poor working conditions at the budget airline, as a new report emerged listing Ryanair as the worst in Sweden at repaying disgruntled customers. https://www.thelocal.se/20130829/49940 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:39:00 +0200 49940