Volcanic ash disrupts airtravel in Northern Europe
Apr 17, 2010, 7:46 am
#91
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Back from London...
Just arrived home in Copenhagen from London. I was stranded since Thursday afternoon...
I managed to find a Hertz car in LHR yesterday afternoon. Since it was a danish car (!), they agreed to give it to me to take it back to CPH... even if they charged me anyway the extra fee for leaving a car abroad. But I just so happy to get home, so I did not complain! And it was a nice Audi A6...
Piece of advice: do book the Eurotunnel shuttle: I had to wait 3 trains before leaving. The ferry in Puttgarten was not too bad
I managed to find a Hertz car in LHR yesterday afternoon. Since it was a danish car (!), they agreed to give it to me to take it back to CPH... even if they charged me anyway the extra fee for leaving a car abroad. But I just so happy to get home, so I did not complain! And it was a nice Audi A6...
Piece of advice: do book the Eurotunnel shuttle: I had to wait 3 trains before leaving. The ferry in Puttgarten was not too bad
Apr 17, 2010, 7:54 am
#92
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Flying in lower altitude to avoid the ash cloud (below the ash cloud) will consume more fuel, it has been tried now: http://bit.ly/bUTbuG
Apr 17, 2010, 10:01 am
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Apr 17, 2010, 10:43 am
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Flying in lower altitude to avoid the ash cloud (below the ash cloud) will consume more fuel, it has been tried now: http://bit.ly/bUTbuG
Trust the Russians to try crazy stuff.
Apr 17, 2010, 11:45 am
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This must be doing some major damage to the airlines' finances given their insurance coverage more likely than not excludes liability arising from force majeure.
Apr 17, 2010, 11:51 am
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.... but then wouldn't they probably have to land in Iceland -- ironic -- and or make their way to some Spanish, Portuguese or African (where different) airport for refueling on such TATL trips?
Apr 17, 2010, 12:12 pm
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That would be great, and a good PR move generally for SAS. It would increase the perception that they are problem-solvers. My question would be how would people be transported onward from KRN. Dedicated Rail or Bus and Ferry?
Apr 17, 2010, 12:15 pm
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Trains are more than full, and there is no spare capacity left to add. Buses it would have to be. (Ferries are a non-option, I think.)
Apr 17, 2010, 1:02 pm
#101
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Bus from Norrland but I was thinking of star alliance partners like those travelling onward to Germany, or Eastern Europe. A ferry from Karlskrona to Kiel or something like that.
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Apr 17, 2010, 1:56 pm
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Apr 18, 2010, 2:04 am
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Air travel reduced alternate methods enough so that now it is an inadequate backup when the poop hits the fan. Guess in a market economy, there's no solution for that. If people want surface travel available, they gotta stop using planes for every trip!