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Most countries are lifting imposed bans now. Passengers began landing during late evenings and all night.
Long howl flights are getting priorities. But it might take several days to sort out the chaotic flight situation; Quantas might need several weeks in order to get back into standard operations again.
It might be wise to keep in contact with your carrier and let them know how to contact you. Changes of flight schedules might occur at very short notice.
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I think you'll find it was the aeroplanes which began landing - unless cash-strapped Airlines have now got so desperate that they are throwing passengers out of the plane at 40,000 feet to save on landing feesQuote:
Originally Posted by ttom
On the other hand , sounds like you were right enough!Quote:
Originally Posted by ttom
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Originally Posted by scottish-guy
Re-starting a broken routine is for an airline a very complicated undergoing. Especially if planes are not available at there right or home destination at a time.
There are so many rules and regulations to honour, thatтАЩs hardly believable. I.e. Flying crew is only allowed to operate the special instrument there are trained on, service staff can be used on maximal 3 various types of aircraft. Both can only work a very limited number of hours per day or week.
There are very ridged terms of costly inspection routine to follow.
And directing stranded empty flights to its correct destination are very costly. There are also heavy start- and landing fees to be paid each time and internationals flying rights to be arranged.
Preparations for a long howl carrier takes about 10 to 12 hours or even more, pending on standard and route. And for supporting several aircrafts at the same time, hardly any airport is having the capacity.
According to Eurocontrol, in most of Europe airlines will be operating nearly as normal. 80 % capacity will be reached by Thursday, 100 % as from Friday. 22.180 operations are planned for today.
Scandinavia is still having some more problems for several more days as the airports in southern parts of Finland and Norway, western parts of Sweden are still closed, all due to returns of ash clouds after winds changes.
Airports in Scotland will also be closed for some more days