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[*] posted on 20-4-2010 at 01:08 AM
Volcanic ash delaying kite shipments


An erupting volcano on Iceland caused a huge cloud of dust which is hanging over Europe, basiccally all Air traffic has been cancelled for the last 5 days.
Obviously it 'll take some time before everything gets back to normal.
Unfortunate thing, the plane with our kites and other stuff was delayed as well so stock on certain items is either limited or gone.
Besides, right now we don't know when we'll be able to ship to the US again.



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[*] posted on 20-4-2010 at 08:32 AM


This is from our shipping deparment. So things are starting to look better. I have a shipment going to the UK that is delayed.

About half of flights over Europe are expected to go ahead on Tuesday, the Eurocontrol air traffic agency says.

EUROPEAN AIRSPACE
BELGIUM - Airspace open. Limited service
BRITAIN - Airspace open over Scotland and Northern Ireland. Limited airspace over north of England. London airports closed
DENMARK - Airspace above 16,600ft open. No landings
FRANCE - Limited flights from Paris to international destinations. Most airports open
GERMANY - Airspace closed, with some exceptions, until 1800 GMT on Tuesday. Lufthansa planning to operate 200 flights
IRELAND - Airspace closed
ITALY - Airspace open. Handful of flights resumed in and out of Milan
NETHERLANDS - Airspace open. Passenger flights arriving and departing in Amsterdam
NORWAY - Airspace closed
POLAND - Airspace closed
SPAIN - Airspace open; all airports operating
SWEDEN - Airspace open over central-northern Sweden
SWITZERLAND - Airspace reopen
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[*] posted on 20-4-2010 at 08:35 AM


From MSNBC 1 hour ago....

Netherlands: Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport lists both canceled and departed flights Tuesday morning after the Dutch government approved flights under certain conditions. KLM lists about 40 flights due to arrive or depart. Company says it is "resuming normal operations in a phased manner."

but there is also another surge in the eruption reported...



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[*] posted on 20-4-2010 at 10:44 AM


Yeah, but UPS always goes from The Netherlands to Denmark to depart. Check on Denmarks' airspace. They aren't very far apart, so I would hope the same restrictions apply.



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[*] posted on 20-4-2010 at 11:06 AM


A handful of planes left Frankfurt today. Mostly Passenger A340, A330 and 747. Most airlines that are flying are trying to get the passengers back home. Freight is not a Prioity right now. There is also a huge backlog of freight waiting to get shipped so don't hold your breath if you are waiting on somthing from here.



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[*] posted on 20-4-2010 at 11:46 PM


Yes, airports are resuming operation, but as Krohn mentioned they are first getting all the stranded people out of the way before they'll do Freight.
For us Frankfurt is most important since 90% of the shipments from here to the America's pass through there.



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