[jhb] Re: Flights
- From: "Mike Brook" <mike.brook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:16:15 +0100
This probably explains why some flights are getting through and why my
relatives on Guernsey had to take a ferry overnight to the mainland!
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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>>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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