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Travel Chaos Fears Ease After Airbus Update On A320 Software Upgrade
Fears of days of travel chaos across Europe and the world eased on Saturday after plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to implement a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on some 6,000 of its stalwart A320 planes.
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Snow, Ice Disrupt New Year Holiday Travel Season In Europe
Snow and ice forced the grounding of dozens of flights in parts of Europe on Sunday, disrupting the tail end of the busy New Year holiday travel season.
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Malaysia Airlines Lifts Baggage Ban On Europe Flights
Malaysia Airlines said today it has lifted a ban on check-in baggage on flights to Paris and Amsterdam, after the move angered many passengers who slammed the airline on social media.
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Dubai, European Airlines Divert Flights Over Iraq
European and Dubai-based airlines have begun rerouting flights over Iraqi airspace as a security precaution, though Iraq says its skies are safe.
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Flight Bans Show Skittishness Over Trouble Spots
When US and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots following last week's downing of a passenger plane over Ukraine.
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Hundreds of flights cancelled across Europe due to heavy snow
Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Britain, France and Germany on Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe.
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No Air India bookings for US, Europe till Thursday
Air India on Monday extended the bar on bookings for its West-bound flights till Thursday, even as it mulled the option of shutting down global operations till a resolution is found to the pilots' strike which completed a week today. On day seven of the agitation by over 200 pilots, 14 international flights were cancelled, bringing no end to the tr...
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Ash from Iceland's volcano shuts European airports
Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights across Europe and added hours to trans-Atlantic journeys on Sunday as planes were diverted around a large plume of ash spewed by an Icelandic volcano and stretching from Greenland to Portugal.So far, the weekend cancellations have been a fraction of the flights nixed two weeks ago when jittery European air tra...
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Air chaos costs London Marathon 150,000 pounds
Some of the elite London Marathon competitors faced an endurance test just reaching the British capital for Sunday's race, with travel plans disrupted by the volcanic ash cloud over Europe that forced organizers to spend around 150,000 pounds ($230,000) on private planes.
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Volcanic ash has travellers claiming millions in insurance
The travel insurance industry is generally paying claims to travelers stranded in Europe and elsewhere by the drifting Icelandic volcanic ash, treating it mostly as a weather-related event in their policies, industry officials said. Some said the claims were expected to total millions of dollars.
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Europe resumes some air travel despite volcanic ash
Europe began to emerge from a volcanic cloud on Monday, allowing limited air traffic to resume and giving hope to millions of travellers stranded around the world when ash choked the jet age to a halt.
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European airspaces to open up today
The flight chaos may be about to get better as the Airspace above Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England will open up on Tuesday morning and there's hope that the rest of the UK may also clear up by the evening.
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Air India, Jet, Kingfisher cancel flights to Europe
Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines on Monday cancelled their flights to the UK and other parts of Europe in the wake of huge clouds of volcanic ash emanating from Iceland.
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European airlines test skies, press to end ban
Major airlines that sent test flights into European air space found no damage on Sunday from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pressure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos.
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Travel Chaos Fears Ease After Airbus Update On A320 Software Upgrade
Fears of days of travel chaos across Europe and the world eased on Saturday after plane manufacturer Airbus intervened rapidly to implement a software upgrade it had said was immediately needed on some 6,000 of its stalwart A320 planes.
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Snow, Ice Disrupt New Year Holiday Travel Season In Europe
Snow and ice forced the grounding of dozens of flights in parts of Europe on Sunday, disrupting the tail end of the busy New Year holiday travel season.
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Malaysia Airlines Lifts Baggage Ban On Europe Flights
Malaysia Airlines said today it has lifted a ban on check-in baggage on flights to Paris and Amsterdam, after the move angered many passengers who slammed the airline on social media.
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Dubai, European Airlines Divert Flights Over Iraq
European and Dubai-based airlines have begun rerouting flights over Iraqi airspace as a security precaution, though Iraq says its skies are safe.
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Flight Bans Show Skittishness Over Trouble Spots
When US and European airlines quickly canceled flights to Israel Tuesday, they showed both a skittishness and a new sense of urgency in dealing with global trouble spots following last week's downing of a passenger plane over Ukraine.
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Hundreds of flights cancelled across Europe due to heavy snow
Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Britain, France and Germany on Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe.
-
No Air India bookings for US, Europe till Thursday
Air India on Monday extended the bar on bookings for its West-bound flights till Thursday, even as it mulled the option of shutting down global operations till a resolution is found to the pilots' strike which completed a week today. On day seven of the agitation by over 200 pilots, 14 international flights were cancelled, bringing no end to the tr...
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Ash from Iceland's volcano shuts European airports
Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights across Europe and added hours to trans-Atlantic journeys on Sunday as planes were diverted around a large plume of ash spewed by an Icelandic volcano and stretching from Greenland to Portugal.So far, the weekend cancellations have been a fraction of the flights nixed two weeks ago when jittery European air tra...
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Air chaos costs London Marathon 150,000 pounds
Some of the elite London Marathon competitors faced an endurance test just reaching the British capital for Sunday's race, with travel plans disrupted by the volcanic ash cloud over Europe that forced organizers to spend around 150,000 pounds ($230,000) on private planes.
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Volcanic ash has travellers claiming millions in insurance
The travel insurance industry is generally paying claims to travelers stranded in Europe and elsewhere by the drifting Icelandic volcanic ash, treating it mostly as a weather-related event in their policies, industry officials said. Some said the claims were expected to total millions of dollars.
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Europe resumes some air travel despite volcanic ash
Europe began to emerge from a volcanic cloud on Monday, allowing limited air traffic to resume and giving hope to millions of travellers stranded around the world when ash choked the jet age to a halt.
-
European airspaces to open up today
The flight chaos may be about to get better as the Airspace above Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England will open up on Tuesday morning and there's hope that the rest of the UK may also clear up by the evening.
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Air India, Jet, Kingfisher cancel flights to Europe
Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines on Monday cancelled their flights to the UK and other parts of Europe in the wake of huge clouds of volcanic ash emanating from Iceland.
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European airlines test skies, press to end ban
Major airlines that sent test flights into European air space found no damage on Sunday from the volcanic ash that has paralyzed aviation over the continent, raising pressure on governments to ease restrictions that have thrown global travel and commerce into chaos.
