Anyone else stuck somewhere because of the volcano in Iceland?

From what I hear trains are booked too so maybe wait another day and see. Airlines are pushing for a relaxation of the ban.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8628323.stm

I see that most of Norway's airports are open. Maybe you could get a flight direct?

 

I'm supposed to go to London on thursday. Some less optimistic reports make it seem like I won't be able to go.

While it's not as big a deal as people trying to get home and such it still sucks because if I have to rebook it I just won't be able to go.

 

I'm stuck in Chicago working the transatlantic schedules for star alliance and can't go home until we can put everything back on the normal timetable. seems like that will be a while. So I'm stuck because of I can't get anywhere, rather I'm stuck because you can't get anywhere.

At least they're paying me well.

 

This cloud certainly has a silver lining for me: my current Clients are stuck in Cyprus, so we have several more days to get their house finished.

 

Not stuck, but my flight to Barcelona was canceled this weekend so I stayed home. I actually had my stuff packed and woke up on friday to an email that flight was canceled because of a volcano. I was like wtf!

 

Sadly, the term "empty seat" will probably be a rarity over the north atlantic for quite a while. We've been routing many people through the far east in instances where the airport at their final destination is open.

 

So do you have any inside knowledge on how soon flights to the Northern Europe area will be allowed?

 

Honestly I haven't been following the movement of the ash very much, we're just executing the policy that gets forwarded to us from across the pond. I heard the possibility of later tonight (Monday 20:00 MESZ) as the time when some LH airports will allow commercial aircraft departures, but that has been a few hours ago.

 

sorry, I'm too lazy to type out "Lufthansa."

 

If The Star (etc) are to be believed then I'll be missing out on my summer holiday in 2 months time .

My uncle was stuck in Poland but he's decided to get the coach back.

 

What should be the procedure when planes start flying? Will people get bumped for people people who have been waiting longer?

 

There's a whole group from the art department where I received my MFA that are stuck in Paris. There are worse places to be stranded. Still, the volcano went off right before their flight was to depart. So they'll be there an extra week or so.

 

I know a whole hockey team that's trip to Europe got cancelled because of that, it sucks

 

No, if you're confirmed on a flight that is scheduled to depart, you won't be bumped off unless you fail to check-in on time. Everyone that wishes to travel on a flight which they did not include in their original reservation will be placed on standby.

 

if things arent cleared up by saturday my dad maybe stuck on the way back from a business trip in the Philippines not sure how his flight went if it went east to west or west to east since we live in Nashvile.

 

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks.

 

Words for the wise, it may be worth it to get up early tomorrow and check the status of the four DTW-AMS flights. Try to standby for a flight to Detroit early in the day or even a same-day confirmed change ($75 on Delta, I believe). If any of those four transatlantic flights are canceled, yours almost certainly will be since it leaves so late.