"The ticket is only confirmed when the Swish payment has been received," it says in an email that Ekot has seen and that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed.
According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aiming to charge at cost.
That would mean around 12,000 SEK for an adult and 9,000 for children and free of charge for children under two years of age, says Maria Malmer Stenergard (M).
Around 4,300 Swedes are in the United Arab Emirates, half of whom are stranded travelers.
The chartered aircraft is expected to depart from Dubai on Saturday evening and land in Sweden on Sunday, but according to Malmer Stenergard, there are uncertainties that could affect whether the plane can land and then take off.
"Now we see that the airspace is partially opening up and that a few more planes can fly. This creates an opportunity for us to fly home, primarily 180 Swedes with one plane," she says.
Vulnerable travelers
The Swedes who are allowed to fly home are those who are considered vulnerable travelers - for example, those with medical needs - and families with children under the age of five.
"We have identified approximately 300 families as being covered by this. We will then start contacting those who are relevant for this departure," says Malmer Stenergard.
She does not rule out more chartered flights.
We still hope that more commercial flights will now be able to operate and that it will be easier for more people to get home.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways announced via X that it would resume limited scheduled flights on Friday to and from about 70 destinations, including Copenhagen. Dubai-based Emirates made a similar announcement on Thursday. Qatari airspace remains closed.
Difficult to arrange seats
Travel companies say it is difficult to arrange seats on existing flights.
There are still so few flights operating. When seats are added to the systems, they basically disappear in a minute,” says Martina Krantz at Apollo.
On Friday morning, Apollo still had 140 passengers left in the United Arab Emirates. Apollo has not been able to get any seats there for the next few days.
On Friday, Ving had 54 travelers in Dubai and Qatar.
"It is still uncertain. No one knows - neither us, those on site nor anyone else - how long this will take," says Anna Hagberg at the company.
