volcanic ash from Iceland heading towards europe with airports expected to be closed

patrickk

still spewing ash

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-fimmvorduhalsi/

PJTierney

Please remain like this...

PJTierney

1140 - Tuesday 20th April 2010: Based on the latest Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre reports http://metoffice.com/aviation/vaac/vaacuk_vag.html the following is the situation within Irish Airspace effective from 1300 today Tuesday 20th April.

■Dublin Airport will remain closed for all inbound and outbound commercial flights until 1900 hours tonight.
■Shannon Airport will reopen from 1300 hours.
■Cork airport will remain closed but a further update will be provided this afternoon.
■Overflights of Irish Airspace are permitted above Flight Level 205 (twenty thousand five hundred feet )
The IAA has no information on any individual flights and passengers should consult airline websites before travelling to the airport for flights.



There will be a further update at 1530.

Ends

For further information contact:

Martin Towey
Corporate Communications
Tel: 0872590581

Ken Rogan
086 317 9955

Latest update.

PJTierney

I'm going West, to JFK tomorrow afternoon from Shannon.

Webmonkey

Does anyone know if the long term car parks in the airports will be sympathetic. My car is in there an extra week now

mikom

Webmonkey wrote: »

Does anyone know if the long term car parks in the airports will be sympathetic. My car is in there an extra week now

Well considering they lost so much money over the last week..... I doubt it.

Vanbis

Webmonkey wrote: »

Does anyone know if the long term car parks in the airports will be sympathetic. My car is in there an extra week now

I doubt it. Can you not get someone here to pick it for you presuming you have spare key that they get access to.

Webmonkey

mikom wrote: »

Well considering they lost so much money over the last week..... I doubt it.

Vanbis wrote: »

I doubt it. Can you not get someone here to pick it for you presuming you have spare key that they get access to.

Yeah thought so. Unfort the spare key doesn't include the keyfob to start engine/disable alarm.

Ah well

banshee_bones

Webmonkey wrote: »

Yeah thought so. Unfort the spare key doesn't include the keyfob to start engine/disable alarm.

Ah well

jesus man im sorry to hear that, you still stuck in munich?

would you think about bailing on a train and getting down to the eurostar?

I got home last night after 12 hours, I took three trains, a ferry a two hour car journey a luas ride and a long ass walk but i got home eventually.

Webmonkey

banshee_bones wrote: »

jesus man im sorry to hear that, you still stuck in munich?

would you think about bailing on a train and getting down to the eurostar?

I got home last night after 12 hours, I took three trains, a ferry a two hour car journey a luas ride and a long ass walk but i got home eventually.

I think I might have to look into that option but I'll wait until tomorrow evening as flight scheduled thursday morning.

It will cost a fortune though. The trains for france along from here are close to 200 euro

banshee_bones

Webmonkey wrote: »

I think I might have to look into that option but I'll wait until tomorrow evening as flight scheduled thursday morning.

It will cost a fortune though. The trains for france along from here are close to 200 euro

jesus...... dunno what to say man, hang in there, i know you must be doing your nut over there.....

Webmonkey

banshee_bones wrote: »

jesus...... dunno what to say man, hang in there, i know you must be doing your nut over there.....

Ah I'll be grand thanks

I baught a netbook and using dodgy wifi to keep me sane.

Run_to_da_hills

Icelands President says that this current eruption is just 'small rehearsal' for whats yet to come.:)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8631343.stm?ls

weiland79

Feeling sorry for my brother, he is supposed to be in Korea on Saturday for his wedding. This is of course looking less likely day by day.

Webmonkey

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Icelands President says that this current eruption is just 'small rehearsal' for whats yet to come.:)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8631343.stm?ls

Nice, that looks promising

Thomas828

I was at London City Airport this morning and it was deserted. It was like "Waiting for Godot" Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful. By contrast the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras is having a field day! And that,s how it,s been since Friday.

wdmfapq4zs83hv

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Icelands President says that this current eruption is just 'small rehearsal' for whats yet to come.:)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8631343.stm?ls

So what will actually happen if Katla blows? Im not talking about travel disruption I mean will we in Ireland be affected? Would people die? What about the people in Iceland??

therecklessone

Webmonkey wrote: »

Does anyone know if the long term car parks in the airports will be sympathetic. My car is in there an extra week now

Shannon Airport is offering refunds to anybody delayed in returning, I'd imagine the same applies at Dublin. Make sure to ask before you leave.

edit:

Car park customers who have been charged for an additional unplanned stay as a result of the disruption to air travel caused by the volcanic ash cloud are asked to contact the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA), as they may be entitled to a refund for the extra portion of their stay. Customers should provide details of their original trip, and of any alternative travel plans that they made as a result of the disruption.

Please send information to the following address:

Volcanic Ash Car Park Refund
c/o Car Parks Administration
Dublin Airport
Co Dublin

griffdaddy

Webmonkey wrote: »

I think I might have to look into that option but I'll wait until tomorrow evening as flight scheduled thursday morning.

It will cost a fortune though. The trains for france along from here are close to 200 euro

I bailed from Munich to Amsterdam yesterday on the train, apparently whoever you were meant to fly with has to refund you the cost of the train (according to bbc's interpretation of EU law anyway). I haven't called KLM yet cause i'm sure the last thing they need is some prick looking for compo when they have other, more important things to be getting on with. I'll give them a shout 'when the dust settles.'

PJTierney

Webmonkey wrote: »

Does anyone know if the long term car parks in the airports will be sympathetic. My car is in there an extra week now

14.22 Airport Parking Site, who control car parks at Dublin and Cork airports, have set up a dedicated email service to answer queries from those affected by the travel disruption. The address is volcanicash@airportparkingsite.ie

From RTE News.

Vanbis

PJTierney wrote: »

14.22 Airport Parking Site, who control car parks at Dublin and Cork airports, have set up a dedicated email service to answer queries from those affected by the travel disruption. The address is volcanicash@airportparkingsite.ie

From RTE News.

Just about to post up that information myself.

Blackpitts

ok, I know how we can fix this emergency!
let's send Frodo with the ring there and he will throw it in the lava, no more ashes and all happy!
this volcano really looks like Sauron here
http://www.independent.ie/multimedia/archive/00555/ashcloud2_Reuters_555709s.jpg

Ghost Train

Looks like the weather might sort things out towards the end of the week (24/25th)

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watna

You should see some of the prices the airlines are charging for flight now. I looked up flying with another airline this Sunday because I think I'll have to wait until the middle of next week to get a flight with the airline I'm going with now.

I checked online last night and these are the two crazy ones that stood out. Aer Lingus are charging €2100 one way to NY on Sunday and Air New Zealand are trying to charge people €7000 (that's $14000 NZD - about third of an average persons annual salary) for a one way flight - economy class, not business or first from Dublin to Wellington. How on earth are they getting away with that?

Sierra Oscar

watna wrote: »

You should see some of the prices the airlines are charging for flight now. I looked up flying with another airline this Sunday because I think I'll have to wait until the middle of next week to get a flight with the airline I'm going with now.

I checked online last night and these are the two crazy ones that stood out. Aer Lingus are charging €2100 one way to NY on Sunday and Air New Zealand are trying to charge people €7000 (that's $14000 NZD - about third of an average persons annual salary) for a one way flight - economy class, not business or first from Dublin to Wellington. How on earth are they getting away with that?

Its all about supply and demand. Some people are desperate enough to be paying that price, otherwise they wouldn't be that high.:)

PJTierney

Holy crap that's huge, a 1000% hike on the NY one at least.

watna

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

Its all about supply and demand. Some people are desperate enough to be paying that price, otherwise they wouldn't be that high.:)

Yes, but they're taking advantage of desperate people. Nobody should have to pay that much for an economy ticket, no matter what the situation. I'm sure I read somewhere that the European Government were going to be watching out for this kind of thing. It's disgraceful.

watna

PJTierney wrote: »

Holy crap that's huge, a 1000% hike on the NY one at least.

I can only hope they have copped on and changed that since I did my desperate internet searching last night. I couldn't believe my eyes.

goat2

PJTierney wrote: »

Holy crap that's huge, a 1000% hike on the NY one at least.

that is what you call
kicking a person in the face when they are down
i bet all this takeover challenge by m o leary will calm down now, no more bickering
this thing could last and last

TC cork

whats the update on travelling???