Airports to open at 07:00 tomorrow...Tues !!!!!!!
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http://www.nats.co.uk/
Statement on Icelandic volcanic eruption: Monday April 19, 1530
The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK. Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions we are now looking at a continuously improving situation.
Based on the latest information from the Met Office, NATS advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday.
From 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday, Scottish airspace will be open, and south to a line between Teeside and Blackpool. Mainland Scottish airports will be open.
This is a dynamic and changing situation and is therefore difficult to forecast beyond 0700 local; however, the latest Met Office advice is that the contaminated area will continue to move south with the possibility that restrictions to airspace above England and Wales, including the London area, may be lifted later tomorrow (Tuesday).
We will continue to monitor Met Office information and review our arrangements in line with that. We will advise further arrangements at approximately 2100 (local time), today.
It is now for airports and airlines to decide how best to utilise this opportunity. Passengers should contact their airlines to find out how this will affect their travel plans.
Statement on Icelandic volcanic eruption: Monday April 19, 1530
The volcanic eruption has reduced and the volcano is not currently emitting ash to altitudes that will affect the UK. Assuming there are no further significant ash emissions we are now looking at a continuously improving situation.
Based on the latest information from the Met Office, NATS advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday.
From 0700 (local time) tomorrow, Tuesday, Scottish airspace will be open, and south to a line between Teeside and Blackpool. Mainland Scottish airports will be open.
This is a dynamic and changing situation and is therefore difficult to forecast beyond 0700 local; however, the latest Met Office advice is that the contaminated area will continue to move south with the possibility that restrictions to airspace above England and Wales, including the London area, may be lifted later tomorrow (Tuesday).
We will continue to monitor Met Office information and review our arrangements in line with that. We will advise further arrangements at approximately 2100 (local time), today.
It is now for airports and airlines to decide how best to utilise this opportunity. Passengers should contact their airlines to find out how this will affect their travel plans.
Is this not the authorities bending over to commercial pressure.
The debate here is a very interesting read.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/412103-ash-clou...
I'd like to know what's going on, but this smells wrong to me.
The debate here is a very interesting read.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/412103-ash-clou...
I'd like to know what's going on, but this smells wrong to me.
Tangent Police said:
Is this not the authorities bending over to commercial pressure.
I think they are absolutely bending over to commercial pressure. luckily though, they were wrong to close so much airspace in the first place. NATS and the met office are service providers, they shouldn't be able to close huge sections of airspace on some met office computer model predictions alone. Hopefully they'll consider adopting procedures during volcanic ash eruptions that are more like all the other countries that have more experience of these events.There's a lot to learn from how badly this has all been handled.
Chris_OCR said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Perfect timing Winky...............
"mobilise the Navy. Do it now, I am the Prime Minister of the People !....... Wait. Airports Opening? "
f
k !
"mobilise the Navy. Do it now, I am the Prime Minister of the People !....... Wait. Airports Opening? "
f
k !
It is fantastic news for me and Mrs OCR flying out to Barcelona on Thursday!
el stovey said:
Tangent Police said:
Is this not the authorities bending over to commercial pressure.
I think they are absolutely bending over to commercial pressure. luckily though, they were wrong to close so much airspace in the first place. NATS and the met office are service providers, they shouldn't be able to close huge sections of airspace on some met office computer model predictions alone. Hopefully they'll consider adopting procedures during volcanic ash eruptions that are more like all the other countries that have more experience of these events.There's a lot to learn from how badly this has all been handled.
The air is very very static, until friday when a low comes in and then it's still pretty fricking still. The onset of this appears to clash with the "airstream will blow this lot South".
Give that animation a thought and you'll see the cause for alarm.
The pilots on the pilot forum seem equally unsure.
This is one big f
kup on lots of counts. I have very little confidence in any of it.
If it's clear above, then we can go.
It appears it isn't. It's clearER over by Iceland, otherwise we still have a f
kload all over NE Europe. This is a big concern and I have no idea what they are playing at. They appear to be going back on their word as the "it's cleared" announcements on TV are blatantly wrong.
The air is going bloody slowly up there and f
k all has happened. 
FourWheelDrift said:
Chris_OCR said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Perfect timing Winky...............
"mobilise the Navy. Do it now, I am the Prime Minister of the People !....... Wait. Airports Opening? "
fk !
"mobilise the Navy. Do it now, I am the Prime Minister of the People !....... Wait. Airports Opening? "
f
k !It is fantastic news for me and Mrs OCR flying out to Barcelona on Thursday!
Plus I cannot imagine there will be too many people going from Gatwick to Barcelona that are currently stranded so I do not think it will be a huge problem for my particular route...
Tangent Police said:
The pilots on the pilot forum seem equally unsure.
How do you know they are pilots? Most of the 'pilots' on pprune are flightsim 2000 heroes. All you need is a way of accessing the internet to post there.Virtually all the pilots in my airline forum think we should be going flying.
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