– Weather and safety come first. The key words are patience and good time, says press manager Tonje Sund at SAS VG.
Storm Pia hit land on Thursday afternoon. Meteorological Institutet has warned of hurricane-force winds, up to 45 meters per second, in Rogaland and Agder.
Avinor shows his websites the overview of scheduled departures to and from Southern Norway and Western Norway. Several flights from Oslo Airport have been canceled on Thursday evening, and several departures from Stavanger with both SAS, KLM, Norwegian and Widerøe have so far been cancelled.
On Thursday afternoon, Norwegian had, among other things, canceled two flights from Stavanger and one from Bergen.
– Passengers must show up as usual. If something changes, they will hear from us, says Skari, explains communications advisor Eline Skari E24.
Norwegian offers customers to rebook their tickets free of charge to and from Trondheim, Bergen, Stavanger, Arlanda in Stockholm and Copenhagen.
Widerøe also asks its passengers to meet at the airport, says communications director Silje Brandvoll to NTB.
– We are prepared for storms and severe weather and must therefore assess the departures continuously. Unless we receive other information, we encourage passengers to meet as usual.
Some Widerøe flights have been canceled earlier on Thursday, including a round trip between Aberdeen and Stavanger. The reason is storm Pia, which has also caused problems for travelers in the UK. On Thursday evening, two flights from Stavanger have been cancelled.
2023-12-21 15:42:20
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