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Of: Elle kari karlsson, Sophie Stigfur
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Despite the flight ban, travelers from the UK were allowed to disembark in Sweden yesterday, without the requirement for quarantine or testing.
Totally wrong according to the Prime Minister as well as the border police and the Swedish Transport Agency.
At the same time that Ryanair is selling tickets for new planes from London to Skavsta this week, those responsible in Sweden are pointing out each other.
When British Airways landed an airliner in Arlanda yesterday, despite the government’s flight ban and the UK entry ban, several authorities collapsed.
The British Civil Aviation Administration and the airline British Airways heated their fish, among others, by the Swedish Transport Agency, which said it had fully understood the temporary government rules issued to reduce the risk of the British mutant infection already discovered in Sweden. .
29 passengers, who were Swedish citizens, were allowed to enter the country. Neither the Stockholm infection control nor the Public Health Agency issued any testing or quarantine requirements.
Patrik Engström, a border policeman, stated that they had been completely taken to bed.
– We do not understand how this could have happened, he told Aftonbladet yesterday.
British Airways airline has canceled all passenger flights to Sweden.
But the airline Ryanair continues to sell tickets for two flights from London to Skavsta, one on Tuesday at 5.40pm and the other on Wednesday at 06.05.
Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT
Ryanair continues to sell tickets for two flights from London to Skavsta.
The confusion over who will take care of the passengers arriving yesterday, as well as the passengers of the next plane, is great. Yesterday, the Border Police referred to Smittskyddet in Stockholm, who they thought might have decided to quarantine. Infection control establishes that they have no authority to decide on the health controls of people in a certain geographic area. The Swedish Public Health Agency states that they can do nothing more than urge travelers to get tested and in turn refers to the regions and the Swedish Transport Agency. The regions refer to the Stockholm Public Health and Infection Control Agency.
Neither the Swedish Public Health Agency nor Smittskydd Stockholm are communicating with the 29 who have landed. The responsibility lies with the travelers themselves, Hanna Fellenius, press secretary for the Stockholm region, told Aftonbladet yesterday.
Löfven: The authorities have to deal with that
During a press conference today, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven is asked how the British Airways flight from London landed in Arlanda.
– Because it is a company that breaks the rules. I don’t know if they have misinterpreted or misinterpreted, but there is no question what the provision means. In this case, the Swedish Transport Agency now has to handle this with this company because it is simply wrong action by an airline, responds Stefan Löfven.
Photo: AFTONBLADET
A British Airways plane lands in Arlanda on December 17. Stock Photography.
When asked if the plane would land, the Prime Minister replied that it was the authorities who should handle such a situation.
– But there is no doubt that it is not right, says Löfven.
But the Swedish Transport Agency, unaware of Ryanair’s new scheduled passenger flights, says no further action will be taken to stop the banned flights, even if “the flight ban applies to both Ryanair and British Airways.”
– It is not allowed to carry ordinary passengers from the UK to Sweden. But we cannot prohibit the sale of tickets. If the flights take off and land in Sweden, we will act and contact the British aviation authorities. But it has not yet been done, we cannot act against a violation of a rule that has not happened, says Mikael Andersson, media manager.
You can expect the flight ban to be lifted
The Swedish Transport Agency yesterday clarified its instructions to avoid misunderstandings and contacted both British Airways and Ryanair.
Gunnar Ljungdal, Director of Maritime and Aviation, says later that they will contact Ryanair again to ensure the information has been provided.
– I still don’t know why it is possible to reserve. Several countries have lifted the flight ban, it may be that Ryanair is waiting for the flight ban to end in Sweden as well, but that’s just speculation. We are convinced that Ryanair knows what applies.
The temporary flight stop is valid until December 31. Aftonbladet has searched for Ryanair.
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