European low cost carrier EasyJet claims it is the first airline in the world to install on-board technology to help pilots detect the presence of volcanic ash in the air.
Video: How airspace returned to normal after volcanic ash cloud
May 7, 2010 By 3 Comments
There were some decent charts produced a few weeks ago which illustrated the resumption of flights across Europe after the recent lifting of airspace restrictions.
Ash cloud cost to car hire estimated at Euro 65 million
April 29, 2010 By 3 Comments
Car rental firms in Europe are counting the cost of the recent volcanic ash disruption as news emerges that the sector lost Euro 65 million over the six-day crisis.
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Mixed messages over hotel prices during European ash cloud crisis
April 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Much of the talk during and after the ash drama in Europe in mid-April centred on the cost to the airlines – IATA last estimated $1.7 billion – but what about hotels?
British Airways blames computer system for complex ash ticket re-issuing
April 24, 2010 By 3 Comments
Just when flights were getting back to normal following the European volcanic ash drama, British Airways has been forced to defend complicated methods used to get passengers home.
In pictures: How air traffic returned to Europe
April 22, 2010 By 6 Comments
Travel technology and GDS provider Sabre has tracked flight paths for the past few days to illustrate how air traffic across the Atlantic and Europe has attempted to return to normality.
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Travelport pleads for transatlantic emergency task force after ash cloud drama
April 21, 2010 By 2 Comments
Travel technology giant Travelport is calling for efforts to establish a crisis management system be reinvigorated after the chaos of the European volcanic ash cloud.
Amadeus IPO still on track despite European volcano ash crisis
April 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
Amadeus officials have moved quickly to reassure potential investors and the Spanish markets that its opening day of share trading will go ahead as planned.
How social media came to the fore in the European ash crisis
April 19, 2010 By 11 Comments
If the US presidential election of 2008 was the first occasion that social media played a major role in politics, then perhaps the ash drama of 2010 will be the most significant so far in travel.
Chart – traffic to airline websites soared on Ash Thursday
April 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
No surprise here at all, but some indication of the travel chaos that set in yesterday and hundreds of thousands of passengers found themselves stranded across Europe.
