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Old May 23, 2011 | 3:57 am
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Originally Posted by lhrsfo
It does appear at the moment not to be a huge concern, although some of the polar routes TATL seem to have taken more southerly routings yesterday as they went westbound. I suspect that this was to avoid the ash and they all noticeably had very long flight times.
The last eruption in Grmsvtn lasted for 5 days. This should be similar, maybe a few days longer as it more powerful.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 5:46 am
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As someone who was stuck at LHR for 9 days last spring b/c of this very issue,

GET OUT NOW
As someone who was 'stuck' in Paris for 10 days last spring b/c of this very issue:

GET THERE NOW!
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Old May 23, 2011 | 7:57 am
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BBC now says the ash may reach UK tonight/tomorrow and the CAA is expecting some flight disruptions:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...k-tonight.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13501600

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...15997632?f=rss

And I am scheduled to fly to London on Wednesday....
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Old May 23, 2011 | 10:31 am
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Originally Posted by pbjag
BBC now says the ash may reach UK tonight/tomorrow and the CAA is expecting some flight disruptions:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...k-tonight.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13501600

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...15997632?f=rss

And I am scheduled to fly to London on Wednesday....
Ugh. Same here. Supposed to come back on 5/31 also. Wondering what to do about the trip. Would suck to cancel. Would suck worse to be stuck in UK.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 10:40 am
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My trip to the UK last year got trashed due to the volcano, fights were cancelled. I am flying out today to FRA and then onto EDI tomorrow. I am wondering if the great volcano gods are angry with me, or if maybe I should take the hint and stay home.

I fly back on the 1st June, have to be home that day for my childs surgery. I may just go and do the things I have to do and then try to come straight back.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 11:27 am
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Yikes. Have a TATL to Delhi via CDG this coming weekend. When would be a good time to call DL/AF about potential rerouting over the Pacific?
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Old May 23, 2011 | 11:35 am
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I've a trip booked this wednesday to next monday (long weekend) to Reykjavik; am not sure whether to go or not. Anyway, I just called iceland express and they said if the flight is cancelled, I'll get a full refund, same if delayed by 5 or more hours. I'm just worried if I end up going to iceland and having to stay indoors, it would suck big time. There are few reports that the govt is urging people to stay indoors as much as they can because of possible air pollution.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 12:06 pm
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Here's another BBC update:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13498477

It looks like the ash has turned day into night, so I don't think your flight has much of a chance unfortunately...
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Old May 23, 2011 | 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by dawg1k
Ugh. Same here. Supposed to come back on 5/31 also. Wondering what to do about the trip. Would suck to cancel. Would suck worse to be stuck in UK.
I'm scheduled to return on the 31st also. Would rather reschedule than get stuck; let's see if the airlines open up options in that regard.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 2:05 pm
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That volcano is a humongous ashhole.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 4:40 pm
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Hmm. I am scheduled JFK-LHR-AMS on Thursday night/Friday and back the same way Monday. I do have a long connection at LHR fortunately. Still getting a bit concerned about either missing it or getting stuck in AMS or LHR.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 7:03 pm
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I have a TATL flight this Friday and return on Tuesday so it's like playing Russian roulette with impending travel plans.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 8:40 pm
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I have coworkers in Dublin right now. Hopefully they'll be able to get out at the end of the week.
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Old May 23, 2011 | 9:56 pm
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Ryanair is objecting to the flight ban put in place out of DUB/SNN they seemed to have missed this story that came out last week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13161056
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Old May 23, 2011 | 10:05 pm
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Originally Posted by CMK10
That volcano is a humongous ashhole.
Or Bollocks! as we say in England

Looks like my chickens might come home to roost and my habit of buying cheap OneWorld connections to supplement my cheap transatlantics may well collapse like a house of bodged metaphors
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