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We're off to Turkey in just over 2 weeks, gagging for a bit of sun, sea & effes.
And hopefully we're gonna have a week in Turkey late Sept early Oct :)

High teens low 20's for Barcelona :)

Just checked flightradar24 and there was a gaggle of BA planes all heading for Heathrow anc their flight plans had them in holding over various positions above the UK.

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Airspace seems to be open again in the UK.
Looking on the radar live maps it seems you can see quite a few planes having looped in holding patterns before being allowed into the UK.

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Have you got a link for that?

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Quiet night in expected eh???.................. ;) ;)

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that...... :)

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You'll be fine - just remember to PM us left over here a few of those ice cold beers.... :beer:

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"Computer says NO!" :D

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Hom3r, it's the one that you probably know. When I say live, it's as live as I can find on the net.
http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

Most seem to be going straight in now, but before they were going round in circles.

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This makes interesting reading

Could we live without flights?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8630058.stm

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Good news. I hope it comes through :tu:

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My daughter has just `phoned me and her flight leaves Abu Dhabi at 02.30 am this morning our time!:D:D:D:D:D:D Off to Heathrow for me.:)

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Yay! :tu: :D

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Pleased for you :tu:

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Pleased for you also and very pleased for me to, cancelled my flight to Hungary, it just seemed crazy to go ahead with it at the present time + I don't have to be up at 5am anymore

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My good friend is still stuck in ibiza , she keeps ringing rayanair but they say no flights till saturday , she was meant to be back on monday , she is super low on money and cant get to mainland spain :-((((

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Saw a couple aircraft at high altitude in the distance heading north. Nothing else in the sky since and certainly no sign of the normal steady flow of traffic heading east yet...

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Not that I want it to happen but I wonder where all the fingers will be pointing to if a plane gets into difficulty due to the ash cloud??

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Was thinking exactly the same , be some blame passing :erm: best of leaving the little irish fella willy walsh in charge he knows all the gubbins about it it seems.