SriLankan Airlines has revealed details of its 2011/2012 Winter expansion into Europe. The airline will add an extra weekly flight to Frankfurt and Paris each. Please note that further changes are expected. Schedules below. Frankfurt UL553 CMB 0025 – 0650 FRA 1(NEW), 35 EQV UL553 CMB 0150 – 0815...
Vietnam Airlines flight VN535, from Hanoi to Paris CDG, operated by Boeing 777-200ER VN-A147 ( cn27607 ) got caught in an air pocket over Russia inflight. Reuters reported that the incident caused injuries to 21 people onboard, of which 9 ( including 3 crew ) were being treated for...
Employees of French fuel supplier Trapil, on 15th Oct closed down major fuel pipelines to Paris Airports – among others, in protest of plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. A number of fuel refineries have been closed and protestors were clashing with riot Police who...
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...
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...
: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...
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 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...
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...
PLEASE SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM FOR LATEST UPDATED INFORMATION Volcanic ash erupting from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjoll, is expected to cause serious problems to air traffic east of Iceland from the UK to Scandinavia . The disruption is expected to be caused up to FL200, with lesser impact at...