Saturday - April 17, 2010

FROM VISITOR TO PRISONER IN SIX YEARS ……… THE VOLCANO AND ME

Well the radio says the ban is to Monday. So the 0700 time frame here is already out of date.

THE GODS WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, DO NOT WANT ME TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.  I AM BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE “THE PRISONER.”

Volcanic ash cloud: UK flight ban worsens

Hopes that flights would resume have been dashed after the “worsening” volcanic ash cloud led to a further ban on UK flights until at least 0700 on Sunday.

By Nick Britten, David Millward and Alastair Jamieson
Published: 8:43AM BST 17 Apr 2010

More than a million British airline passengers have been left stranded or had their plans disrupted by the volcanic ash cloud sweeping across Europe.

Hopes had been raised that some flights might be available in Scotland and northern England for six hours between 4am and 10am today, and airlines have drawn up plans to use buses to get passengers to Scotland to make transatlantic flights.

But early this morning air traffic control company Nats said that after reviewing the “worsening” situation, restrictions had been reapplied until at least 1am Sunday except for a small number of domestic flights within Scotland.

Airspace in parts of Ireland is open for a limited number of flights, and restrictions are due to be lifted from all Irish airspace at 7pm.

* Volcanic ash cloud: latest travel news

With the skies over Britain having been almost entirely closed for two days, the British airline industry is in the grip of an unprecedented shutdown. An estimated 500,000 people pass through British airports every day. For the past 48 hours, almost all have seen their flights cancelled by the fallout from the Icelandic volcano.

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