Simply Mr Brown showing how much he cares about the electorate :DL

Aye, although apparently my previous statement was slightly wrong, some civilians were picked up, but they were ones who had had their names at the consulate in Spain, so basically the first comes were first served, or something like that.
Latest guess-estimates indicate that the Low system that'll hopefully knock the ash cloud away won't arrive until the weekend now.

6pm news UK - 28 BA flights are in mid air from all areas of the globe heading for the UK after the conditions started looking favourable but the volcano has started emitting fresh debris and the London airports have now been closed again.

Flights are being diverted to nothern UK and Madrid.

What a mess. :nope:

Man, those ash clouds have really put the hurt on air travel haven't they? Glad I didn't have any reason to fly intercontinental this month. :-?

Ugh. Finally on the way home, relaxing in your seat, and... "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, we're going to have to divert to XX due to more volcanic ash".

Just... ugh.

It looks like things are getting back to a relative sense of normality though, all airports are reopening now, some restrictions are still in effect but nothing as bad as before.

NOW the real chaos begins... :yep:

The shareholders will be breathing a sigh of relief (BA, myself included) as profits resume :DL

Ey Jim, you know what they say about counting chickens, there's still a risk Katla could go up. :hmmm:

Life is always a risk...never invest any more than you can afford to lose :03:

Heard on the radio about some Aussies residing in the UK that were on a trip to Asia recently were six hours into an Asiana flight back to the UK from Seoul when they got told they were going to Frankfurt, er... no, Rome, er.. guess again... ended up back in Seoul where they are still waiting a week later to fly back home. They have jobs to go to and are getting quite antsy cause the unexpected holiday is eating into their savings.

Glad it's not me.

I must confess I'm not entirely happy with the situation, I think that this reopening of the airspace has been done under pressure from the airline companies and there's still a risk that the airspace is not safe. After all, the volcano is still going up. I mean, I understand that it's costing tonnes of money per day, but surely that's nothing compared to the possibility of a plane going down? I mean, there's risks and there's risks.
I dunno...I just don't like the look of it. Hopefully I'm wrong :up:

My wife's been sleeping in an airport for the past 6 days, with no food and no money.

If I feel sober enough in the morning, I might drive down to Heathrow and pick her up.

You might even make it back alive... :hmmm:

LOL :DL

Just being sarcastic but I agree with your point, I would not be surprised us the tax payer will have to, why?

To all airlines who claim to be out of pocket...put your bloody prices up!