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Old 20-04-2010, 22:58   #181
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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I can well believe flights are going to shoot up in price because i was looking just last night and noticed return flights to Turkey I was keeping an eye on for October have risen by over £50
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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Old 20-04-2010, 23:02   #182
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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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Old 20-04-2010, 23:07   #183
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward 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.

Have you got a link for that?
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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Just had the good news, Mr Tink's flight has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, to come back from Germany.
Quiet night in expected eh???..................

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

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

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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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Have you got a link for that?

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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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

This makes interesting reading

Could we live without flights?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8630058.stm
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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Just had the good news, Mr Tink's flight has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, to come back from Germany.
Good news. I hope it comes through
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

My daughter has just `phoned me and her flight leaves Abu Dhabi at 02.30 am this morning our time! Off to Heathrow for me.
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My daughter has just `phoned me and her flight leaves Abu Dhabi at 02.30 am this morning our time! Off to Heathrow for me.
Yay!
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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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Just had the good news, Mr Tink's flight has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, to come back from Germany.
Pleased for you

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My daughter has just `phoned me and her flight leaves Abu Dhabi at 02.30 am this morning our time! Off to Heathrow for me.
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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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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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Re: Airports closed as volcanic ash drifts toward UK

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