Four of Apollo's Swedish passengers who were stuck in Oman will land at Arlanda today. Oman, on the southeastern side of the Arabian Peninsula, has largely been able to keep its airspace open, but the passengers had been due to fly via Doha in Qatar, where airspace remains closed.
Things are looking worse for the 140 travelers remaining in the United Arab Emirates, where Apollo has not managed to get any seats in the next few days.
We are constantly looking for improvements from the airline to get earlier flights home, says Martina Krantz.
“Nobody knows”
The travel company Ving also reports continued difficulties. The company has 54 travelers in Dubai and Qatar and nearly 200 stranded in other destinations as a result of the problems in the Gulf.
It is still uncertain. No one knows - neither we, those on site, nor anyone else - how long this will take, says Anna Hagberg at the company.
Multiple flights
Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad announced via X that it will resume limited scheduled flights on Friday to and from around 70 destinations, including Copenhagen. Dubai-based Emirates made a similar announcement on Thursday, naming 82 destinations, but none in the Nordics.
Martina Krantz describes the challenges of getting the stranded Swedes home as extremely difficult.
There are still so few flights being operated. When seats are added to the system, they disappear within a minute, basically. It's important to really keep an eye on the minute, she says.
