No Planes Over The Uk

[Thongkorn]

Today for the first time ever, there were no planes allowed to fly in any UK airspace. The last time the Sky was silent over the UK was before the Wright brothers flew. All this was because of a Volcano that has erupted In Iceland. It is only 800 miles away from the UK, The volcano is spewing Ash up to 35,000 feet and in places higher, Today the UK got it, Tomorrow Europe so Expect some delays in Flyts, the Bad news is that the same Volcano erupted 200 years ago, and lasted 18months,

[elkangorito]

885 posts & you still don't understand...what a pity.

[wolf5370]

John Stringfellow, George Cayley, Hiram Stevens Maxim and Percy Pilcher may disagree about the Wright Brothers statement

Heathrow is the busiest airport in the world - and only one of 5 international London airports - it must be causing chaos. Hope it sorts itself out soon may need to fly in May (both ways).

[wolf5370]

885 posts & you still don't understand...what a pity.

elkangorito, if ythe complaint is it isn't about Thailand, then I suggest that lots of people here do fly back and forth to Europe and a large amount of flights do come into Thailand from Europe, so it is indeed of some Thai/expat interest.

[ukrules]

This seems to be a massive over reaction, from a satellite image I saw the 'dust cloud' was only covering a very small part of the UK. With flights cancelled I would expect the airlines to be busier than normal next week assuming it clears by then.

[elkangorito]

It's of no significant interest at all.

I may as well comment about the amount of people that entered Australia from Iceland recently & I may further hypothesise about how the volcanic eruption will affect the number of travellers.

[smokie36]

[endure]

It's of no significant interest at all.

I may as well comment about the amount of people that entered Australia from Iceland recently & I may further hypothesise about how the volcanic eruption will affect the number of travellers.

On the contrary it's of significant interest to at least one Thaivisa member:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Ethihad-Ash-...re-t356487.html

[elkangorito]

Complete nonsense! Thailand will be a recipient of this problem & as such, no advice can be offered from Thailand.

If people are having problems, which is fully expected in such situations, nobody telephones Thailand & says, "Hi. I can't leave my country because a volcano has erupted. What should I do?"

Also, if anybody is seriously interested how such an eruption could affect their flight, I'm sure that the 1st contact is the airline & not Thaivisa.

[smokie36]

Complete nonsense! Thailand will be a recipient of this problem & as such, no advice can be offered from Thailand.

If people are having problems, which is fully expected in such situations, nobody telephones Thailand & says, "Hi. I can't leave my country because a volcano has erupted. What should I do?"

Also, if anybody is seriously interested how such an eruption could affect their flight, I'm sure that the 1st contact is the airline & not Thaivisa.

Of course it doesn't affect anyone travelling from Thailand to Europe at all why would anyone imagine it could anyway?

Especially in silly season.

[wolf5370]

Complete nonsense! Thailand will be a recipient of this problem & as such, no advice can be offered from Thailand.

If people are having problems, which is fully expected in such situations, nobody telephones Thailand & says, "Hi. I can't leave my country because a volcano has erupted. What should I do?"

Also, if anybody is seriously interested how such an eruption could affect their flight, I'm sure that the 1st contact is the airline & not Thaivisa.

Yes and people needing Visa advice could call the Embassy. Legal advice, a lawyer. Advice on their partners, a marriage guidance councillor. Thai language, give CMU a call - or buy a book. Heck, lets just close the forum down, no need to discuss anything.

[smokie36]

Yes and people needing Visa advice could call the Embassy. Legal advice, a lawyer. Advice on their partners, a marriage guidance councillor. Thai language, give CMU a call - or buy a book. Heck, lets just close the forum down, no need to discuss anything.

[IssanSaint]

I don't understand the animosity that appears on this site sometimes ! Elkangorito - the OP was passing on relavant information . I'm supposed to fly to BKK on monday so I, and I'm sure , many people are interested in this news . UK airspace is closed to ALL flights at the moment so I'm sure its of interest to many people trying to return from Thailand too !

[Spee]

It's not the eruption. It's the direction of the airflow. As soon as the upper level wind direction changes, this problem will go away within a day.

[IMA_FARANG]

Is this all you guys have to argue about?

Maybe it should be in the air travel section, but it is likely to be of interest to those who are waiting for visitors/relatives from Euope and the U.K. coming to Thailand. So what's the big deal?

Its got to be as relevant to Thailand as someone's question about a new motorcycle, isn't it?

I was just looking at CNN world news, and it looks like much of the air traffic to and from Europe is going to be disrupted for a few days until the ash cloud clears.

That might not be a big thing, but it should be worth at least a mention to travelers that plan to go there soon.

[TrippRitter]

885 posts & you still don't understand...what a pity.

A troll with 2,760 posts.

[Crossy]

and with that this thread is closed.

There is another discussion here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/UK-Denmark-C...ce-t356387.html