Volcanic ash disrupts airtravel in Northern Europe
Apr 14, 2010, 11:49 pm
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Volcanic ash disrupts airtravel in Northern Europe
Lots of domestic flight activity in Norway halted at the moment. It will be interesting (for lack og better word!) to follow the situation in the coming hours and days.
Apr 15, 2010, 2:12 am
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Northern UK Airspace is closed, incl. MAN and NCL with the cloud moving south.
- Lars
(Stuck in MAN)
- Lars
(Stuck in MAN)
Apr 15, 2010, 2:14 am
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Noticed that SK904 was about 3 hrs late into ARN this morning, i suppose they had to fly a more southern route. Also from 11AM swedish time, all air traffic in northern part of Sweden will be cancelled, which means no flights to OSD or KRN. Cloud is supposed to advance further south, so we might see further disruptions duing the next days.
Apr 15, 2010, 2:17 am
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Here is a link from The Telegraph with a diagram of ash-area.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...-forecast.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/tr...-forecast.html
Apr 15, 2010, 2:19 am
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That's a wee bit too close for comfort for Arlanda/stockholm area.
Edit: Latest news is that all flights Sweden-London are cancelled. I am (for once!) glad i dont have any air travel coming up this weekend!
Last edited by jth; Apr 15, 2010 at 2:45 am
Apr 15, 2010, 2:48 am
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Latest report from Navair, responsible for Danish airspace , is forecasting a closure of CPH late this afternoon or perhaps early in the evening. Worst case the airspace might stay closed for days. 
News link (In Danish):
http://jp.dk/indland/trafik/article2038991.ece
News link (In Danish):
http://jp.dk/indland/trafik/article2038991.ece
Apr 15, 2010, 3:22 am
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The latest charts from metoffice doesn't look too good for ARN and eastern swedish airspace either. Looks like a closure from tomorrow morning might be possible:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation...1271309704.png
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/aviation...1271309704.png
Apr 15, 2010, 3:22 am
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Naviair is gradually closing Danish airspace today. It is expected a total closure will be in effect as of 18.00 CET today, which also will affect CPH.
Link to map over expected closure of Danish airspace:
http://www.naviair.dk/media/lukning_DK_airspace.pdf
As noted earlier OSL closed at 10.00 CET today: http://www.osl.no
LHR and STN is expected to close at 13.00 CET today: http://www.baa.com/
Updated map with expected spread of ash cloud at 8.00, 14.00, 20.00 and 02.00 tomorrow:
http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Udland/2010/04/15/105225.htm
It seems that ARN, HEL, AMS and possibly FRA and CDG might be affected late tonight.
What a mess - happy that I can enjoy the sun on my patio today rather than sit and wait at some airport.
Link to map over expected closure of Danish airspace:
http://www.naviair.dk/media/lukning_DK_airspace.pdf
As noted earlier OSL closed at 10.00 CET today: http://www.osl.no
LHR and STN is expected to close at 13.00 CET today: http://www.baa.com/
Updated map with expected spread of ash cloud at 8.00, 14.00, 20.00 and 02.00 tomorrow:
http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Udland/2010/04/15/105225.htm
It seems that ARN, HEL, AMS and possibly FRA and CDG might be affected late tonight.
What a mess - happy that I can enjoy the sun on my patio today rather than sit and wait at some airport.
Last edited by FT Guest xyzpdq; Apr 15, 2010 at 3:56 am Reason: Updated with map
Apr 15, 2010, 4:13 am
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Noticed that SK904 was about 3 hrs late into ARN this morning, i suppose they had to fly a more southern route. Also from 11AM swedish time, all air traffic in northern part of Sweden will be cancelled, which means no flights to OSD or KRN. Cloud is supposed to advance further south, so we might see further disruptions duing the next days.
Apr 15, 2010, 4:20 am
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