UK flights/Airports shutdown for up to 3 days
Apr 15th 2010, 11:27 am
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Both the BA 11 and BA 15 have been cancelled for Thursday evening.
Apr 15th 2010, 11:38 am
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Re: UK flights/Airports shutdown for up to 3 days
Thanks peeps. Yes I can understand why they take it seriously too and wouldn't want to take a chance. It is my 40th birthday too, was supposed to be spending it in the FourSeasons hotel and having dinner overlooking harbour and opera house. Now maybe I have holiday inn at heathrow to look forward to. Oh well, I will look back and laugh.
Apr 15th 2010, 12:27 pm
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Friends of ours are flying back to UK this eve after a holiday in Oz. I wonder if they`ll be able to land at LHR tomorrow.
Apr 15th 2010, 12:48 pm
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BA have grounded all flights until at least 6.30am. It is just until 6pm tonight for the airport in general at the moment. We are on Cathay CX 252 tomorrow. I saw it managed to get out today as it went 45 mins early before they shut airport. Just crossing my fingers now.
Apr 15th 2010, 12:57 pm
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Re: UK flights/Airports shutdown for up to 3 days
The airspace is going to be reviewed at 18.00BST and may not open again until tomorrow. They may be lucky, but not sure if they will dispatch flights from the stopover (SIN, HKG) until airspace is open again?
Apr 15th 2010, 1:09 pm
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Re: UK flights/Airports shutdown for up to 3 days
Apparently last time this Volcaneo erupted 189 years ago it kept erupting...............For another 18 months !!
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Apr 15th 2010, 1:13 pm
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Apr 15th 2010, 1:37 pm
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Thank you Dougie for those reassuring words. :-)
Apr 15th 2010, 1:45 pm
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UK airspace now closed until 7am tomorrow. It's possible they'll keep it closed too if the winds are still bringing the ash towards us.
http://www.nats.co.uk/
If the volcano erupts as long as last time, then northern Europe could have intermittent closures for a very long time.
http://www.nats.co.uk/
If the volcano erupts as long as last time, then northern Europe could have intermittent closures for a very long time.
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Apr 15th 2010, 2:05 pm
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Re: UK flights/Airports shutdown for up to 3 days
UK airspace now closed until 7am tomorrow. It's possible they'll keep it closed too if the winds are still bringing the ash towards us.
http://www.nats.co.uk/
If the volcano erupts as long as last time, then northern Europe could have intermittent closures for a very long time.
http://www.nats.co.uk/
If the volcano erupts as long as last time, then northern Europe could have intermittent closures for a very long time.
I feel very sorry for anyone who is affected by this.
Apr 15th 2010, 2:31 pm
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My travel agent (Trailfinders) has just told me that it looks very unlikely that my plane will go tomorrow as the plane will be in the wrong place even if airspace is re-opened. And furthermore there are no seats whatsoever on their flights up until Wednesday next week. It is my 40th on Monday. My plans are ruined. Boo hoo. :-(
Apr 15th 2010, 2:41 pm
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My travel agent (Trailfinders) has just told me that it looks very unlikely that my plane will go tomorrow as the plane will be in the wrong place even if airspace is re-opened. And furthermore there are no seats whatsoever on their flights up until Wednesday next week. It is my 40th on Monday. My plans are ruined. Boo hoo. :-(
Apr 15th 2010, 3:12 pm
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My travel agent (Trailfinders) has just told me that it looks very unlikely that my plane will go tomorrow as the plane will be in the wrong place even if airspace is re-opened. And furthermore there are no seats whatsoever on their flights up until Wednesday next week. It is my 40th on Monday. My plans are ruined. Boo hoo. :-(
for 8PM tonight.
Apr 15th 2010, 3:18 pm
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Re: UK flights/Airports shutdown for up to 3 days
My travel agent (Trailfinders) has just told me that it looks very unlikely that my plane will go tomorrow as the plane will be in the wrong place even if airspace is re-opened. And furthermore there are no seats whatsoever on their flights up until Wednesday next week. It is my 40th on Monday. My plans are ruined. Boo hoo. :-(
Cathay have an update on their website:
http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_AU/specialupdates
It looks like the inbound CX255 to London which I think will be your plane is currently delayed nearly 11 hours - if it does make it in not sure which flight it would end up operating back out though. Good luck!
Apr 15th 2010, 4:19 pm
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Hey Bermuda, that really sucks, so sorry for you, we fly next thursday.... Maybe ???