This probably explains why some flights are getting through and why my relatives on Guernsey had to take a ferry overnight to the mainland! ash.gif M. > -----Original Message----- > From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 7:35 AM > To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jhb] Re: Flights > > 0630 email from son; having just landed at Prestwick. Apparently > one of > only three flights to leave USA for UK. Don't know how he got > wind of it! > > Prestwick Flight Arrivals board is useless. It covers only Ryan > Air > flights and they have decided not to fly any aircraft until Monda > lunchtime. Probably still having the toilets removed. > > Gerry Winskill > > Fossil wrote: > > I don't envy you. I guess it will be at least a two day drive > at best.. > > > > > > > > bones > > > > bones@xxxxxxx <mailto:bones@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > *From:* jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > > Behalf Of *Mike Lucas > > *Sent:* 16 April 2010 18:17 > > *To:* jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > *Subject:* [jhb] Re: Flights > > > > > > > > Hello from Madrid - impossible to get out of here back to the > UK (I'm > > booked on EasyJet to EGGW). We've had a conference of around > 60 people > > from all over Europe and there are some pretty grim faces of > those who > > want to head back north. Not helped by the fact that French > railways > > are on strike, and (at least for those of us wanting to get > back to the > > UK) ferries from Bilbao/Santander are now fully booked and > their web and > > telephone services can no longer handle the volume of traffic. > My > > daughter went through Madrid airport this morning for a flight > back to > > Barcelona and she reported that it was absolute bedlam. Five > of us have > > finally settled on hiring a car to drive to Paris and get on > the > > Eurostar - still a few seats available, and fortunately not > affected by > > the French railway strike. Rental cars are now hard to get > hold of. > > Scale this up for other countries/cities/airports and it's a > pretty > > bleak picture. > > > > Hoping to be home on Sun evening, fingers crossed. Watch this > space .... > > > > Mike L > > > > On 16 April 2010 14:41, Fossil <fossil@xxxxxxx > <mailto:fossil@xxxxxxx>> > > wrote: > > > > The Glasgow aircraft diverted to Manchester. > > > > So far I've seen the TOM and TCX go into Manchester and a > couple depart - > > again for the sunny islands. Aer Lingus are firing aircraft out > of Dublin > > and Aer Arann seem to be operating too - seen three so far. > > > > Normally I would have recorded about 600 aircraft by this time > of day and > > you would think the records would be near zero - but I've > logged 91 aircraft > > so far. Most are GA but there have been a few bizjets and the > Irish Air Corp > > PC9's are quite active. As I write an Antonov An124 has also > appeared.. > > > > bones > > bones@xxxxxxx <mailto:bones@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jhb- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jhb- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On > > Behalf > > Of Gerry Winskill > > Sent: 16 April 2010 14:02 > > To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: [jhb] Re: Flights > > > > Just had a call from my son, in NY. He should have left last > night but > > it was cancelled. He's got himself onto a non scheduled BA > flight, that > > might leave this evening, heading for Prestwick. He thinks they > are > > trying to get the aircraft, plus BA personnel, back to the UK. > A check > > on Prestwick shows they have no flights at the moment, though > Glasgow > > have had the arrival from the Carbean, plus a couple of other > long > > hauls. That being the case it's hard to see that they can't > operate the > > Glasgow IOM route. Manx2 say they can operate to Leeds by > staying below > > 8000 ft and that should be OK for Glasgow to IOM, I would have > thought. > > > > Gerry Winskill > > > > Fossil wrote: > > > Despite the ban on aircraft in the UK some operators have > obviously > > > decided that NATS was over cautious in their decision. > > > > > > I've seen several flights in and out of Dublin today, Manx2 > are running > > > their little LET on Blackpool and Belfast flights and TCX7l > and TOM663 > > > have just flown into Manchester. > > > > > > Oddly enough TOM663 was from Barbados but it appeared over > Tiree and > > > routing to Islay. That's pretty well parallel to the ash > cloud which is > > > flowing from Iceland to Sumburgh and maybe just 150nm south. > If they are > > > letting aircraft get that close to the plume (which I guess > they can > > > clearly see) then why is all traffic in the south of the UK > blocked? > > > It's weird. > > > > > > TCX7L also appeared on screen about Londonderry so that was > another > > > Caribbean flight that went well north. It puzzles me. > > > > > > bones > > > > > > _____bones@xxxxxxxx <mailto:bones@xxxxxxx > <mailto:bones@xxxxxxx>> > > > > > > > > >