Sunday, May 16, 2010

Volcanic ash closes Heathrow, Gatwick airports

Volcanic ash closes Heathrow, Gatwick airports
When the replay of last month's travel chaos in Britain at Heathrow and Gatwick as well as other North Britain, Scotland and Ireland will be closed until 0600 GMT on Monday, as "volcanic ash, Iceland, the British government has said.

Officials said the ash cloud had turned south, when the closure necessary.

Decision of the British civil air traffic control also applies to the North British airports such as Manchester, as in Northern Ireland and several in Scotland. Republic of Ireland has also contributed, and the closure of Dublin Airport at local time.

Sir Richard Branson, Chairman of Virgin Atlantic airline has opposed the closure, which closure of airspace, Manchester, for example, "... once again too far" and requires "strong leadership" in order to avoid damage to the British economy.

"All test flights of airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers have shown signs that the airline could not continue to fly completely secure," he said.

British Airways spokesman has suggested that the airlines to decide for themselves whether they want to steal.

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