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 Around 20 flights to and from Gothenburg's Landvetter airport have been cancelled due to ash from Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano, which swept into Sweden on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20110524/33970 Tue, 24 May 2011 23:10:00 +0200 33970 Swedish air traffic could be affected when volcanic ash from Icelandic Grimsvötn reaches western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to the country's Civil Aviation Administration (Luftfartsverket - LFV). https://www.thelocal.se/20110524/33950 Tue, 24 May 2011 17:14:00 +0200 33950 The giant cloud of volcanic ash spreading from the Iceland is expected to reach southern Sweden by Tuesday evening although experts do not expect it to impact air travel. https://www.thelocal.se/20110524/33952 Tue, 24 May 2011 14:06:00 +0200 33952 Technical problems were to blame for grounded planes in Norway and Sweden on Monday, airport operators said with the eruption of Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano yet to have an impact on aviation in Scandinavia. https://www.thelocal.se/20110524/33946 Tue, 24 May 2011 09:13:00 +0200 33946 Flights from Sweden to Iceland remained cancelled on Monday as a cloud of ash covered the island following a volcanic eruption, with forecasts indicating that the ash could reach Sweden by Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110523/33928 Mon, 23 May 2011 12:51:00 +0200 33928 Two airlines and one travel agency should pay full compensation to travelers whose flights were cancelled because of the Icelandic ash cloud last spring, a Swedish agency has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20101204/30610 Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:40:00 +0100 30610 The Icelandic volcanic ash cloud caused disruptions to the travel plans of 42 percent of Swedish holidaymakers, affecting one in 10 overall, a new report from credit card firm Visa Europe shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20100705/27620 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:17:00 +0200 27620 Scandinavian airline SAS has estimated that the disruption caused by the Icelandic volcanic eruption has cost the airline between 650 million and 700 million kronor ($91 million) to date. https://www.thelocal.se/20100507/26524 Fri, 07 May 2010 19:08:00 +0200 26524 Scandinavian airline SAS is hoping to emerge financial unscathed from the recent air traffic disruption, with the airline planning to apply for 640 million kronor ($89 million) in EU aid. https://www.thelocal.se/20100426/26288 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:36:00 +0200 26288 Aviation authorities have declared Swedish airspace almost entirely clear of volcanic ash, with final restrictions in the far south expected to be lifted on Saturday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20100424/26260 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:29:00 +0200 26260 Flights are now permitted across the whole of Sweden, with new rules in place for flights in the EU-wide risk zone two. This means that Stockholm-Arlanda, Bromma and Malmö remained open overnight. https://www.thelocal.se/20100423/26240 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:06:00 +0200 26240 A pair of Swedish students are hoping their website launched to organize people left stranded by the Iceland volcano flight chaos will become a permanent fixture to help victims of natural disasters. https://www.thelocal.se/20100423/26238 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:52:00 +0200 26238 Malmö Sturup Airport reopened on Thursday morning, only to close again in the afternoon as volcanic ash continues to hinder air traffic in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20100422/26216 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:01:00 +0200 26216 Sweden has agreed to offer airlines a three-month respite from paying airport fees, enterprise minister Maud Olofsson has revealed, as a cloud of volcanic ash continues to add to carriers' costs. https://www.thelocal.se/20100422/26234 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:33:00 +0200 26234 Travel disruption caused by the volcanic eruption in southern Iceland has prompted the Swedish government to announce that it will lift the monopoly on key routes run by national rail operator SJ. https://www.thelocal.se/20100422/26228 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:29:00 +0200 26228 The week-long air travel chaos brought about by the eruption of a volcano in southern Iceland has led to thousands of travellers stranded across Europe. The Local has asked a few of them how they have coped. https://www.thelocal.se/20100422/26224 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:04:00 +0200 26224 The British Ambassador to Sweden, Andrew Mitchell, is visiting Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Wednesday as the first BA flight ferries stranded Brits back to the UK. https://www.thelocal.se/20100421/26208 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:54:00 +0200 26208 A new blog and Facebook page have been launched by an industrious Ericsson employee in Stockholm to help stranded travellers in Europe get home and encourage them to make the best of their impromptu stopover. https://www.thelocal.se/20100421/26204 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:19:00 +0200 26204 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 Swedish Civil Aviation Authority (Luftfartsverket - LFV) has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20100421/26202 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:09:00 +0200 26202 Sweden's airspace south of a line between Stockholm-Arlanda Ariport and Strömstad remained closed on Wednesday morning with the exception of Malmö. Airspace north of Stockholm remained open. https://www.thelocal.se/20100421/26186 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0200 26186