As air travel services resume, challenges remain :: 22/04/2010 :: Airport Parking News
Travel headaches continue for airlines and passengers as normalcy slowly returns to UK airspace.
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As air travel services resume, challenges remain
Thursday, 22nd April 2010
As the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) slowly eases flight restrictions, airlines are hurriedly re-arranging flight schedules in a bid to get things back to normal as soon as possible.
However, authorities and airlines caution travellers that it could be weeks before the situation has stabilised and said passengers must contact their airlines before heading to the airport.
Only some flights will be restored in the early stages of the re-opening of airports and airspace.
Airlines and travel companies must balance the desire to restore full services with conditions set by the CAA, in what is expected to be a phased re-introduction of flights in UK airspace.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers are thought to have been stranded abroad amidst flight suspensions that cost the travel industry roughly £130 million every day.
Some inbound flights have begun at London City Airport but delays and significant cancellations continue. An airport spokesman urged passengers to check their flights with airlines before going to the airport.
London’s Heathrow Airport would normally see over 1,200 flights on a Wednesday. However there were no departures at all until after 08:00. Large numbers of arrivals and departures were cancelled.
An airport spokesman said they are doing everything they can to help airlines get people moving and they appreciate passengers’ continued patience.
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