Norway: Storms strand airline passengers

Several hundred airline passengers had to spend the night at Oslo’s main airport at Gardermoen and were still waiting in the departure terminal on Thursday. Stormy and dangerous weather has disrupted traffic all over Norway, mostly along the coast and in Northern Norway but also at the country’s gateway airport in Oslo. Weather-related problems at other airports around Norway also created traffic disruptions that continued on Thursday. Airline and airport personnel claimed they were scrambling to deal with all the trouble and frustrated passengers. “This winter weather has caused problems for all the airlines,” said SAS spokesperson Tonje Sund. “Several hundred of our passengers had to spend the night either at hotels or even here at OSL. It’s been very demanding.” She said SAS boosted staffing and got help from colleagues in Copenhagen and Stokholm to deal with the problems in Norway. “We’re hoping to get everyone on their way today,” she said.<br/>