Volcanic ash disrupts airtravel in Northern Europe
Apr 16, 2010, 1:18 pm
#61
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Latest forecasts doesn't give much hope for improvement tomorrow (saturday). ARN will most likely remain closed all day since the winds have shifted in an unfavorably manner for Sweden according to news media.
Apr 16, 2010, 1:31 pm
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Poor luck. But as always in these situations it's better to be at home not being able to leave on holiday/business meeting/whatever than actually being stuck somewhere in Europe/the world involuntarily and not being able to get home.
Apr 16, 2010, 1:47 pm
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Apr 16, 2010, 1:55 pm
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Just got home and my guess is that my next flight on Sunday evening won't materialize.
Apr 16, 2010, 2:09 pm
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Apr 16, 2010, 2:27 pm
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When I spoke to our travel coordinator this afternoon I asked her if there were any other people she was helping.
Apparently a woman from my company is stuck in Brussels, and it's absolutely impossible for her to get away from there. There is not a single train available to any destination, no rental cars, no buses, no flights, nothing.
The first train with an available seat she had managed to find was for Monday.
She'll be stuck there for the weekend for sure.
Apr 16, 2010, 2:56 pm
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I was out to arlanda and sampled the deserted air this evening.
http://bilder.badanka.com/thumbnails.php?album=196
http://bilder.badanka.com/thumbnails.php?album=196
Apr 16, 2010, 3:09 pm
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I was out to arlanda and sampled the deserted air this evening.
http://bilder.badanka.com/thumbnails.php?album=196
http://bilder.badanka.com/thumbnails.php?album=196
Apr 16, 2010, 3:17 pm
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I had travel plans for next week as well, but no way I'm going out into the chaos again. Telecons and e-mails will have to do...
When I spoke to our travel coordinator this afternoon I asked her if there were any other people she was helping.
Apparently a woman from my company is stuck in Brussels, and it's absolutely impossible for her to get away from there. There is not a single train available to any destination, no rental cars, no buses, no flights, nothing.
The first train with an available seat she had managed to find was for Monday.
She'll be stuck there for the weekend for sure.
When I spoke to our travel coordinator this afternoon I asked her if there were any other people she was helping.
Apparently a woman from my company is stuck in Brussels, and it's absolutely impossible for her to get away from there. There is not a single train available to any destination, no rental cars, no buses, no flights, nothing.
The first train with an available seat she had managed to find was for Monday.
She'll be stuck there for the weekend for sure.
Apr 16, 2010, 3:45 pm
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Apr 16, 2010, 4:31 pm
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Iīm stuck in Prague myself, trying to get back to ARN, to have some kind of weekend 
All trains from Prague is sold out, no rental cars available (actually considerd to drive home). Leaving for Malta on tuesday again... My travel agent says they canīt do anything (which I of course can understand)...
oh well. Prague isnīt too bad.
All trains from Prague is sold out, no rental cars available (actually considerd to drive home). Leaving for Malta on tuesday again... My travel agent says they canīt do anything (which I of course can understand)... oh well. Prague isnīt too bad.
Apr 16, 2010, 5:00 pm
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Stuck in London, three re-booked and cancelled flights later. Now leaving on monday morning instead with Eurostar to Cologne, then car through Germany and then hopefully a ferry on the last leg to get back to Sweden.
But yet, quite alright, will be fun crossing the channel by train, haven't been driving through Germany in a long time, and it was even longer since I took a sleeper ferry. Hopefully I'll be able to do some shopping at the German border too!
But yet, quite alright, will be fun crossing the channel by train, haven't been driving through Germany in a long time, and it was even longer since I took a sleeper ferry. Hopefully I'll be able to do some shopping at the German border too!
Apr 16, 2010, 5:15 pm
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Iīm stuck in Prague myself, trying to get back to ARN, to have some kind of weekend All trains from Prague is sold out, no rental cars available (actually considerd to drive home). Leaving for Malta on tuesday again... My travel agent says they canīt do anything (which I of course can understand)...
oh well. Prague isnīt too bad.
All trains from Prague is sold out, no rental cars available (actually considerd to drive home). Leaving for Malta on tuesday again... My travel agent says they canīt do anything (which I of course can understand)... oh well. Prague isnīt too bad.