Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Apr 17th 2010, 8:08 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
I hope that rumour isn't true...
Anyway, I'm about to call Virgin and see if they're willing to postpone my flight by a few days. Fortunately the people at the company I'm supposed to interview at are very understanding and would be able to postpone the interview by a week.
The nasty part about all of this is that I absolutely have to get to the US before May 15th as that's when my IR-1 expires...
Stressed? Moi?
Anyway, I'm about to call Virgin and see if they're willing to postpone my flight by a few days. Fortunately the people at the company I'm supposed to interview at are very understanding and would be able to postpone the interview by a week.
The nasty part about all of this is that I absolutely have to get to the US before May 15th as that's when my IR-1 expires...
Stressed? Moi?
Apr 17th 2010, 9:29 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
The following is a map of the closed airports and airline traffic over Europe Friday night. Blue are the closed airports and yellow are the aircraft that was in the air Friday night.
Apr 17th 2010, 10:13 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
I want to know how long we're going to stand for this! Those damn Icelanders with their geysers and their Bjork - and now this! It's enough to make you spit! :curse:
They've got it coming,. that's all I can say....
They've got it coming,. that's all I can say....
Apr 17th 2010, 10:27 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
They might have it coming but they know we can't come over until someone puts a cork into that Volcano 
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Apr 17th 2010, 10:37 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
No one has yet explained to me why the flights cannot be rerouted through Irish airspace routes because they could have done that on Thursday.
Apr 17th 2010, 10:44 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
That'll be the Irish airspace that's also closed?
Pretty much all of Northern Europe is closed, you have to go pretty far South to find an open airport.
Pretty much all of Northern Europe is closed, you have to go pretty far South to find an open airport.
Apr 17th 2010, 10:53 am
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Oddly enough I'm watching (British) Sky News and they have a reporter and cameraman in Iceland giving updates and latest pictures of the volcano. He flew in from the USA....the main airport is open to planes flying eastbound as the ash is blowing in another direction.
I might be stuck here in Singapore for an extra day or so as my flight back to JFK on Monday night (12 hrs ahead of ET) transits in Frankfurt. Spouse flies to Zurich 2 hours later but that airport is also currently closed. I'm just going to relax, lah!
I might be stuck here in Singapore for an extra day or so as my flight back to JFK on Monday night (12 hrs ahead of ET) transits in Frankfurt. Spouse flies to Zurich 2 hours later but that airport is also currently closed. I'm just going to relax, lah!
Apr 17th 2010, 12:07 pm
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Apr 17th 2010, 1:03 pm
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Got a mate who was supposed to be getting married tomorrow...in Iceland....wonder if it'll go a head as planned... 
Apr 17th 2010, 1:56 pm
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
UK airspace now just officially closed until 7 AM Sunday. Thats a pushback now from 1 AM.
My Tuesday flight still not looking good.
My Tuesday flight still not looking good.
Apr 17th 2010, 2:56 pm
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Oddly enough I'm watching (British) Sky News and they have a reporter and cameraman in Iceland giving updates and latest pictures of the volcano. He flew in from the USA....the main airport is open to planes flying eastbound as the ash is blowing in another direction.
I might be stuck here in Singapore for an extra day or so as my flight back to JFK on Monday night (12 hrs ahead of ET) transits in Frankfurt. Spouse flies to Zurich 2 hours later but that airport is also currently closed. I'm just going to relax, lah!
I might be stuck here in Singapore for an extra day or so as my flight back to JFK on Monday night (12 hrs ahead of ET) transits in Frankfurt. Spouse flies to Zurich 2 hours later but that airport is also currently closed. I'm just going to relax, lah!
Apr 17th 2010, 3:03 pm
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Cruise to Iceland and then fly?
Apr 17th 2010, 3:06 pm
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Re: Icelandic volcanic ash alert grounds UK flights
Rowing boat to Iceland 
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I'm actually looking into the possibility to take the Transsiberian Railroad to Beijing if there is no other way; There are direct flights from Beijing to SFO but that might require additional visas and there might not be enough time to get them.
.I'm actually looking into the possibility to take the Transsiberian Railroad to Beijing if there is no other way; There are direct flights from Beijing to SFO but that might require additional visas and there might not be enough time to get them.