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 Skavsta airport was evacuated at lunchtime on Wednesday following a scare over a suspected explosive device in a bag, which turned out not to be dangerous. https://www.thelocal.se/20171101/skavsta-airport-evacuated-over-bomb-scare Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:30:26 +0100 skavsta-airport-evacuated-over-bomb-scare 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 A weekend chill saw snow and ice play havoc with travellers in parts of Sweden, causing trouble for motorists and stopping planes from leaving an airport serving capital Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20161212/snow-and-ice-disrupt-flights-and-roads-in-sweden Mon, 12 Dec 2016 08:43:34 +0100 snow-and-ice-disrupt-flights-and-roads-in-sweden Parts of Sweden's Stockholm-Skavsta Airport were evacuated on Sunday after traces of explosive powder were detected on a piece of luggage at the security check. https://www.thelocal.se/20160110/swedish-airport-evacuated-after-bomb-scare Sun, 10 Jan 2016 14:40:43 +0100 swedish-airport-evacuated-after-bomb-scare 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 low cost airline Ryanair deleted the data from the black box of an aircraft involved in an emergency landing at Skavsta Airport near Stockholm in 2011, according to an official report into the incident. https://www.thelocal.se/20130817/49698 Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:10:00 +0200 49698 Spanish company Abertis announced on Monday that it was selling Stockholm's Skavsta airport to US-based firm ADC & HAS Airports Worldwide. https://www.thelocal.se/20130722/49194 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:39:00 +0200 49194 Swedish customs officer at Skavsta airport, south of Stockholm, have made the airport’s largest bust of heroin to date when more than a kilo of the drug was found in a bag belonging to a passenger on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110713/34902 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:14:00 +0200 34902 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. https://www.thelocal.se/20110426/33390 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:30:00 +0200 33390 More than 3000 passengers were stranded at Skavsta Airport south of Stockholm on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100227/25244 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:10:00 +0100 25244 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, local newspaper Södermanlands Nyheter reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20100216/25010 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:14:00 +0100 25010 A Ryanair flight coming into Stockholm Skavsta Airport on Wednesday evening was told that it could not land as the airport was closed, a move the Irish low-cost airline has declared 'illegal'. https://www.thelocal.se/20100211/24926 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:30:00 +0100 24926 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. https://www.thelocal.se/20100202/24734 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:09:00 +0100 24734 Ryanair has plans to compete for routes on the ground in Sweden, according to the head of the Flygbussarna coach service. https://www.thelocal.se/20090306/18030 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:34:00 +0100 18030 A shuttle bus carrying passengers from Stockholm to Skavsta Airport was gutted by fire in the early hours of Christmas Eve morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20071224/9495 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:53:00 +0100 9495 Stockholm Skavsta Airport has been given permission to increase the number of passengers it carries to 6 million per year, up from 1.7 million in 2006, as part of a major expansion programme. https://www.thelocal.se/20070315/6703 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:43:00 +0100 6703 Finance minister Anders Borg has asked to be picked up from Skavsta Airport rather than Bromma when using the government plane, an arrangement that so far has cost Swedish tax payers around 80,000 kronor, Metro reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20070202/6281 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:06:00 +0100 6281 Security was increased at Stockholm Skavsta airport on Tuesday after police received a ‘serious threat’ from an anonymous source. https://www.thelocal.se/20060802/4495 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:54:00 +0200 4495 A pilot who landed a plane too fast in what an Irish air accident report described on Thursday as a "serious incident" had been suffering marital problems and was to due to return to his homeland Australia. https://www.thelocal.se/20050930/2189 Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:31:00 +0200 2189 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. https://www.thelocal.se/20050902/2009-5 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:47:00 +0200 2009-5