Well i'm back and there is alot sitting. 3 Delta LR's at T4, 1 LOT 767, Luft A330 and 747, AF 777 and 2 A330's, Finair A330, AA 777, Jordanian A340, EL AL 747, Air Lingus A330, AF A380 at T1, 4 Swiss A330,s and KLM 747 at T4
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Well i'm back and there is alot sitting. 3 Delta LR's at T4, 1 LOT 767, Luft A330 and 747, AF 777 and 2 A330's, Finair A330, AA 777, Jordanian A340, EL AL 747, Air Lingus A330, AF A380 at T1, 4 Swiss A330,s and KLM 747 at T4
Nice article in Newsday about LI's helping out.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/lier ... -1.1868293
I'm thinking of maybe heading out to JFK tomorrow and doing something.
There are some pretty interesting photos up on Airliners now taken at IAH, FRA, and SFO showing some of the stranded aircraft:
To go into more detail, the aircraft I saw at EWR were:
Lufthansa A330-300 + A340-600
Air France A330-200
Air India 777-300ER
Delta 767-300
Virgin Atlantic A340-300 + 747-400
Jet Airways 777-300ER
Open Skies 757-200 x2
Privatair 737-800 (pushed back for departure)
Numerous Continental 757/767 aircraft parked
I am sure you all know but Jay Selman is stuck in London and has booked a boat to France. God help him it has to be a horrible ordeal
BREAKING NEWS: Large plume indicates second Icelandic volcano, Hekla, has begun erupting
False alarm.Quote:
Originally Posted by eric8669
ah, well then that's good news thenQuote:
Originally Posted by GothamSpotter
Quote:
Deal Is Set to Reopen Air Travel in Much of Europe
PARIS — Swaths of the European sky are expected to reopen to commercial flights as early as Tuesday morning, with some small areas set aside as no-fly zones while the authorities monitor an ash cloud spreading from an Icelandic volcano, European officials announced Monday after an emergency meeting to address the travel chaos.
The agreement seemed to signal an easing of the worst peacetime air travel disruption ever, a nearly weeklong halt in flights that stranded thousands, cost airlines hundreds of millions of dollars and raised fresh questions about Europe’s ability to respond coherently to a crisis.
Under the agreement, aviation authorities would carve airspace above the continent into three zones — one closest to the volcano that would completely restrict air traffic, another zone that would set up partial restrictions on flights, and a third zone, free of ash, where flights could resume completely.
It was unclear precisely what portions of the continent’s airspace would be reopened when the agreement takes effect at 8 a.m. Tuesday Paris time, but the European Union’s transport commissioner, Siim Kallas, called the deal “good news for Europe’s stranded passengers.”
The no-fly zone would cover one-third of the airspace until now designated as contaminated, said Bo Redeborn, the director of network design of Eurocontrol, which coordinates regional air traffic management. Authorities said they would perform test flights and monitor air conditions every six hours.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/world ... sh.html?hp
Was he there on vacation or for work?Quote:
Originally Posted by NIKV69
A friend of mine is stuck in Paris on a business trip...and whining about it! Hmm, you're getting a free week's vacation in a place which is a lot cooler than the Illinois/Wisconsin border (where she lives). Did I mention free? Boo hoo.
Sounds like a biz trip, chech his fb he has been updating regularly
Not so bad then. I feel bad for the people on vacation who are running out of $$$.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIKV69
Who? :?Quote:
Originally Posted by NIKV69
I have a friend who was supposed to leave DC on the 18th for LHR and is now stuck until the 21st. Hopefully this won't delay his return!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8631144.stm
Didn't it just blow up again?
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Sounds like it might have let up a bit earlier today, but now it's going again, and a "new" cloud is heading for Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom_Turner
According to flightaware, these stranded aircraft have departed:
Lufthansa A330-300 departed EWR for DUS
Lufthansa A340-600 departed EWR for MUC
Lufthansa A340-300 departed JFK for MUC
Air India 777-300ER departed EWR for Ahmadabad
Air France A380 departed JFK for CDG
Air France 777-200 departed JFK for BOD
KLM 747-400 departed JFK for AMS
Swiss A330-200 + A330-300 departed JFK for ZRH
Austrian 777-200 departed JFK for VIE
At least the Lufthansa aircraft were ferried empty back to Germany, Air France to BOD was full of passengers, not sure of the others. Continental operated additional flights to LIS and MAD today on the 762 and 764 respectively and upgrade OSL/ARN to the 764 as well. A KLM 747-400, KL643, departed AMS for JFK earlier this evening.
If you want an update on the planned schedules for the resumption of European flights, airlineroute is keeping track:
http://airlineroute.net/category/2010-a ... isruption/
On friday there was a Saudi Arabian 777 with VIPs that landed here in Orlando from DC, I wonder if perhaps they were originally going to Europe but decided to head on down while Europe is closed and check out Minnie and Mickey? There was a caravan of black vehicles driving out from the FBO...
Martinair retrojet finally left back to AMS after 5 days. LH A330 and Virgin 747 were also stranded here.
Being stuck in Orlando, London, Miami, Paris, and any places that have many things to do and see can't be that bad if you're a tourist and/or retired. I think Selman and B. Drum both run the airliners gallery blog/digital image store. More pics and material to write about for their site.
Someone told me some of the Orlando parks were letting stranded tourists in for free.
Dude now why couldnt I be stranded in one of these places. If its free its for me :mrgreen:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayi757
Virgin Atlantic is not accepting any new reservations until May 1st.
Virgin's first flights out of JFK and EWR went out over the past couple hours, one more from JFK tonight and another from EWR at 8am Wednesday.
Just learned AI has been operating its usual nonstop flights to JFK via Cairo, will continue at least through Wed.
Air France is expecting to run 100% of its long hauls Wednesday, but warns of delays.
Lufthansa is operating 100% as of today.
KLM is running most long haul flights.
BA flew about 26 planes back to LHR today from overseas, but none from JFK or EWR yet. Hmm.
Tonight's Finnair JFK departure will operate, delayed until 3am.
Does not effect NYC airports but here is a USAirways update from Wednesday 4-21:
Volcanic Ash Update - April 21, 2010
For the first time since Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted last Wednesday, US Airways is planning for a full east-bound Trans-Atlantic operation tonight. Last night we restored service to Paris (CDG), Zurich (ZRH), Brussels (BRU) and Dublin (DUB). Tonight we will reinstate service to Amsterdam (AMS), Frankfurt (FRA), London (LGW and LHR), Manchester (MAN) and Munich (MUC). We have been routinely operating to Barcelona (BCN), Madrid (MAD), Rome (FCO) and Tel Aviv (TLV).
Non-revenue space available travel is strongly not recommended to Europe for at least the next 14-21 days. The ash cloud continues to be volatile and irregular trans-Atlantic operations are expected for the near future.
And I am happy to report Jay Selman is home in CLT. After a 2 1/2 day 2 night trip from London to Paris via bus, train, and ship he arrived at CDG this morning and somehow managed a seat on the very first US flight out, ironically bound for CLT on a new 332. His ordeal is thankfully over !
Cheers
LGA777
One correction and addition to Gordon's excellent list, the Lufthansa flights where all live with passengers onboard, some may have been extra sections. The LH 744 that was stranded at JFK was the actual 1st transatlantic departure from JFK as it headed home to FRA !Quote:
Originally Posted by Iberia A340-600
Cheers
LGA777
Next question. Where is this 2nd ash cloud headed?