France extends airport closures to southern half of country

[Haole Girl]

Source: todayonline.com

PARIS (AP) - France's civil aviation authority is extending airport closures to the southern half of the country because of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.

The DGAC aviation authority says airports in Marseille and Nice on the Mediterranean are closed Sunday and those in cities from Toulouse to Biarritz on the southern Atlantic coast will close Sunday afternoon.

The Paris airports and two dozen others across the northern half of France have been closed since Thursday and are meant to stay that way until Monday.

Read more: http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100418-0000072/France-extends-airport-closures-to-southern-half-of-country

[iamthebandfanman]

1. i find this stuff fascinating because

the last time this volcano errupted it lasted like 2 years!


what will people in europe do if this is a long long term problem ?

[Haole Girl]

2. I've been wondering the same thing. nt

[dipsydoodle]

3. They're now talking about

getting UK's stuck in Europe to the south of Spain and getting the Royal Navy to bring them home if necessary.

[Haole Girl]

6. Wow!

:wow:

[dipsydoodle]

8. Wow indeed - they're going to use the Ark Royal aircraft carrier

amongst others. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8628878.stm

Talk about the ultimate cruise. :)

[conspirator]

4. Given the accident record of Air France, They better nt

[brooklynite]

5. Air France was proposing a set of international flights from Toulouse tomorrow

[Rapier09]

7. I like Ryan Air

They're actually quite candide about being a bunch of crackheads running a shoestring airline. If you think I am exaggerating go fly with them,it is fun times.

Air-France is snotty as hell.