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#87088 - 04/15/10 04:57 AM
Re: British planes all grounded
[Re: billy the man]
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Yes , and also airports in Denmark , Norway and Sweden
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#87095 - 04/16/10 02:23 PM
Re: British planes all grounded
[Re: steve robinson]
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All Ryan Air flights in and out of the UK have been suspended until Monday . Lithuania , Latvia and Estonia are closing their air space . Milan airport will close too . Lufthansa has announced the cancellation of all flights throughout Germany . I just spoke to my mother and the BBC are reporting that the ash cloud is heading towards Spain now ... Aaaaaargh .
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#87096 - 04/16/10 06:31 PM
Re: British planes all grounded
[Re: steve robinson]
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Registered: 02/26/06
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Loc: Morbihan, France
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304910604575187230144617648.htmlnice article, I have friends stuck in northern London. Now no plane no train (in strike in France for 10 days already) and today start of school vacation so holidays hit the road yesterday last night, pickup my son at Montparnasse by car, usually takes me 30-40 mins took me 3 hours, everybody trying to go by train,but the deal is no deal, stuck. Patient is the only word for now.
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#87099 - 04/17/10 04:44 AM
Re: British planes all grounded
[Re: pedmar]
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Loc: Hastings Old Town , England .
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My house guest is still here .. his flight from Madrid to Paris cancelled again today . Most flights in the UK have been stopped until 1am Sunday morning now ...though some domestic flights may be able to leave and arrive from Scotland and Northern Ireland .
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#87110 - 04/18/10 03:21 PM
Re: British planes all grounded
[Re: pedmar]
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Loc: Hastings Old Town , England .
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My house guest has has had to change his flight from Paris to Chicago to Madrid-Chicago but almost nothing is moving out of Spain . 15 airports have practically shut down . UK airspace is effectively closed until 7am Monday at least . British Airways will make a test flight with their CEO on board today . The Finnish airforce flew fighter jets into the cloud and the planes were damaged . The cloud is heading East and even Moscow is having problems . The real nightmare will be if the second volcano erupts ( much bigger ) as experts are predicting . The first volcano has melted the glacier and is steadily revealing the other big volcano . Apparently , when that last erupted , it lasted for 2 years ( gulp ! ) .
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#87113 - 04/18/10 05:20 PM
Re: British planes all grounded
[Re: pedmar]
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Loc: Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
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Air France/KLM has run several test flights with empty planes (with success) to try to force the issue with the government. Good luck.
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