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Week in Brief
Week in Brief 6 OCT – 12OCT * To compensate the delay in taking delivery of its 5th A330, SriLankan Airlines wetleased a Boeing 767-300ER for two months. The aircraft, CS-TQI, in a two class layout is operated to Milan/Rome and Singapore/Kuala Lumpur by Luzair. More info can be...British Airways 777, BA16, incurs engine damage and diverts to Amsterdam
A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER, powered by Rolls Royce engines, registration G-YMMP, incurred multiple engine faults and safely diverted to Amsterdam, AMS today ( 15th ). The aircraft was enroute from Sydney, SYD via Singapore, SIN to London Heathrow, LHR as BA16. G-YMMP in flight The aircraft was over...Icelandic Volcano Disrupting European Air Travel Again
Icelandic volcano Eyjaffjallajokul, which disrupted European air traffic between 14 and 21 April has now again started erupting and is causing air travel disruption. Eyjaffjallajokul erupting. Photo © fridgeirsson Recent progression of ash eruption caused a number of Spanish airports to be closed, some of which have now been...Latest Volcanic Ash related aircraft incidents ?
Following incidents have been reported after the re-opening of UK airspace last night and are currently believed to have been caused by volcanic ash. But please note that these events are *still* under investigation. A World Airways Boeing MD-11, operating for Allied Air, that flew from Benghazi, Libya to...Latest State of European Airports
A number of countries are looking forward to re-opening their airspace as a considerably heated debate has begun between various interested parties about safety. Among the countries which opened their airspace today are Austria, which was concluded free of ash, and The Netherlands, which opened its airspace on its...List of European Airport Closures and Status – Live Updating
:UPDATING: Last update at 0845UTC 25MAY2011 In May 2011, the Grímsvötn volcano in Iceland erupted and has caused air traffic disruptions around Europe. While air traffic disruptions are expected to be not as severe as the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, the ash cloud from the volcano has already caused some airports...European Air Travel update – Current airport closures and more details
Current situation of the European Airport closures due to volcanic ash clouds erupting from Eyjaffjoll volcano in Iceland. UK airspace closure was extended till 1800UTC. Apparently the ash cloud which was expected to come back over Northern England at around 1000 returned earlier. This forced Manchester Airport to cancel...European airport closure – Latest update
European air traffic is still disrupted due to volcanic ash eruption . Below is the latest updated list of closed airspaces, with info as of 1600UTC Two more parts of this article were already posted. Part 1 Part 2 UK – Most parts till 0700 local 17APR, excluding Scotland...European airport closure due to volcanic ash – Update
Air travel in most countries in Europe remains to be affected by the ash cloud erupting from Eyjaffjoll. volcano in Iceland. Currently, Zurich is the only operational major airport in Western Europe. Frankfurt Main is technically closed, but accepts a few stranded Lufthansa arrivals. England airspace will remain closed...12