[jhb] Re: Flights
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:47:46 +0100
800 miles in 13 hours? Phew..
To keep you up to date DLH, AFR, KLM and BAW have all flown several test
flights and all report no problems with the aircraft on landing. BAW9156 has
just departed London and flown west - I lost him as he crossed the Dingle
Peninsula heading out to LIMRI at 15W.
The airlines are going to push for the ban to be lifted asap..
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Mike Lucas
Sent: 18 April 2010 18:29
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Flights
Just got home after a 1300 km drive from Madrid to Caen (dep 10.00, arr
23.30), overnight last night in Caen, then ferry to Portsmouth. Ferry
(dis)embarkation total mayhem - they're clearly not accustomed to coping
with the number of foot paasengers carried, although credit to
Portsmouth taxi drivers for laying on a huge fleet of them at the
quayside (unlike Caen, where taxis for the out-of-town port were in very
short supply). Some horror stories from others we met en route made our
difficulties seem fairly minor - but still glad to be home.
Problem now is I'm due to travel to Warsaw in 10 days time - might be
worth reviewing whether the event should be postponed ....
Mike L
On 16/04/2010 23:19, 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-----
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> [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
> >
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