The destination that I kept under the wraps has now been revealed by the airline. It is, ZURICH! SriLankan Airlines will be resuming flights to Zurich, Switzerland, from 23rd December, 2011, after a six year hiatus. SriLankan on its last flight to Zurich in 2005. Operated by 4R-ALB. The...
SriLankan Airlines has formally announced that it will be refurbishing its widebody fleet with new flat bed seats in Business Class. The airline has selected Avio Interiors’ Biz seat offering as its seat of choice. The seat offers a general pitch of 78″ and also presents a ‘buddy seat’...
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...
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...