Could be closer to 100% now that 'FrankenHornet' went mineral a while ago.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...kenhornet.html

Finally, Dunkirk mark two seems to be underway:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm

Friend of mine at work has a flight to Vegas booked on Wednesday, doesn't look good for her...

More of the same.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8629392.stm

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...4_arkroyal.jpg

Better fence up those flight decks so the drunken tourists won't boogie themselves into the sea. :woot:

I doubt anyone will want to fly her again....even if she had of been repaireable......jinxed is perhaps a better way of describing that bird :DL

Ironic really, it's only a month and a week out. :hmmm: Still, at least the government is doing something now and has abandoned the 'wait and hope it goes away' tactic. :yeah:

Yet there are dozens of small craft currently operating in the same role as Snow wanted to. The difference being they are all registered licenced and insured as commercial vessels which carry members of the public.
So that suggests the original article was talking bollox.

On behalf of the people of Iceland and as a form of apology, here is a link to an interview of Miss Iceland. She explains what it all is about.:yeah:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edHPL...layer_embedded

Well would she like to pay the Airlines compensation claims?

Well, no. But I personally would rather hear this from her then some grumpy looking airline representative.

Or not actually hear but look.

Carry on.

Hmmm, I think I'd be voting Ukrainian in this one....

But I digress...

Strangely the ferry companies are scratching their heads as to why this is needed: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tra...cle7102316.ece

Maybe someone want's some election BROWNie points?

Why should she, or anyone else?

Would you like to take up a collection for them?

They should at least be granted a 2 o 3 week delay in billing or something.

I know it's hard to sympathize with a major airline, but i can assure you... for any aviation company to sit idle for a couple of weeks is absolutely detrimental;)

This is, unfortunately, true of any business.
Particularly, those with a heavy debt.

Turns out HMS Albion was heading to pick up some servicemen and women from Cyprus who were heading back from Afghanistan and who were taken to the air hub at Spain. The civilians who showed up to try and get on board were mostly turned away it seems.