terrorist threat

blindman

Possibly better source of info from here.

Though still full of wild speculation.

Hoepfully all will calm down in a day or two.

rchddap1

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-2306741,00.html

12.05pm: Ginny McGrath writes from Heathrow: Passengers who are arriving on transfer flights whose onward connection has been cancelled cannot retreive their luggage. Jean arrived at 5am this morning with her husband on a United Airlines flight. Her onward connection with Bmi to Dublin has been cancelled and she has been told that she cannot fly until Sunday. She has also been told that she can't get her luggage back yet. "We're going to get a taxi to a nearby hotel then come back tomorrow to get our luggage so we can try to get the ferry over to Ireland," she said. "But I don't know if we will be able to get our bags back. They've given us a few basics including a toothbrush that's almost taken my gums off."

Noon: Bmi says excess baggage charges on short haul routes will be waived today. On long haul routes, baggage allowances will be increased today for checked-in bags.

Barcode

If you need insulin, then I am imagining that 'verified' means a letter from your doctor. If this is hard to get, perhaps the receptionist at the surgery can do one for you. I hope all goes well.

grade15

visitbritain.com or if u really want to leave the country and spend ur holiday money aboard..travel by eurostar or eurotunnel..

Gem_

Flight Update

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-2306784,00.html

British Airways says that passengers due to travel today or tomorrow who do not wish to travel can either rebook up until December 1, 2006 or obtain a refund. Many passengers whose flights are cancelled can use the airline's Manage my booking on its website to change or refund the booking.

BMI says passengers due to fly today can either obtain a refund or re-book with no change fee for outbound travel on or before 24 August 2006 subject to availability in the same cabin as originally booked.

EasyJet is offering full refunds to passengers due to fly out today or the opportunity to rebook at a later date. It has not specified a deadline for rebooking.

Ryanair flights, particularly those from Stansted, may obtain a full refund for unused flights or may rebook on flights up to August 24 free of charge.

Air France passengers will be rebooked on the first available flight in the same class. If there are no seats available in the same class, passengers can rebook for travel within one month.

delorean_2

I'm going out to Dublin again at the end of the month, hopefully it will have all died down by then!

Latest from Ryanair:


13:00hrs: Flight Cancellations - UK Security Alert
Next information will be at 15:30hrs

1. Some of our first wave flights departing from London Stansted airport have still not departed and are suffering 6hr plus delays. However, at 1200hrs, 33 of our 40 first wave departures had departed from London Stansted. Delays at Stansted are being exacerbated by aircraft congestion on the ramp and security delays in the terminal (see below hand baggage restrictions*).

Due to these ongoing security delays, we are have been forced to cancel some afternoon flights from London Stansted and further cancellations may occur later today and will be advised, via this website. See below list of cancelled flights.

2. Flights from London Luton Airport are also suffering severe delays which may lead to flight cancellations later today.

3. Flights at other UK Airports have experienced delays, but the evening departures are expected to operate on schedule.

5. Flights between non UK airports are now suffering delays due to the aircraft being delayed on earlier flights operating into Stansted Airport.

6 However, given the backlog of passengers at UK airports further delays and cancellation are inevitable.

Customers booked on flights operating in or out of the UK today may rebook free of charge, using the web link below. Flights can be changed, via this link up to the 11/08/2006. Customers can rebook to travel on flights, subject to availability, up to the 24/08/2006.

Click here to rebook your flights on line.

Customers who are booked on any of the below cancelled who do not wish to travel on a future flight can claim a full refund on the unused flight(s) please click on the link below and enter the required details. Refunds will be processed in 7 working days back to the form of payment used to pay for the booking.

http://frd.ie/refweb.asp

Ryanair apologises for any inconvenience caused by these flight delays and cancellations arising from the UK security alert.

*Hand Baggage Restrictions for all flights departing from the UK

The UK Government has advised UK airports that no items of passenger hand baggage may be carried on board any departing flight from any UK airport. This instruction applies to all airlines operating from UK airports.

Passengers are not permitted to carry the following onboard:

Handbaggage, including ladies handbags, electrical or battery powered items including laptops, mobile phones, ipods, electrial key fobs.

The only items permitted to be carried onboard are the following items:

Travel Documents (passport), Keys (but no electrical key fobs), baby food, milk, sanitary items and prescribed medicines (except in liquid form unless verified as authentic) essential for the duration of the flight.




10/08/2006
Flight Numbers

FR9916 & FR9917 Liverpool Carcassonne Liverpool
FR733 & FR732 Shannon Prestwick Shannon
FR3676 & FR3677 Luton Brest Luton
FR4214 & FR4215 Stansted Parma Stansted
FR9602 & FR9603 Liverpool Treviso Liverpool
FR1634 & FR1635 East Midland Nantes East Midlands
FR1632 & FR1633 East Midlands Limoges East Midlands
FR8142 & FR8143 Luton Knock Luton
FR972 & FR973 Stansted Genoa Stansted
FR8028 & FR8027 Stansted Murcia Stansted
FR8374 & FR8375 Stansted Rodez Stansted
FR211 & FR216 Stansted Dublin Stansted
FR9884 & FR9885 Liverpool Derry Liverpool
FR168 & FR169 Stansted Trieste Stansted
FR464 & FR465 Stansted Turin Stansted
FR2468 & FR2469 Stansted Lodz Stansted
FR376 & FR377 Dublin Humberside Dublin
FR207 & FR208 Stansted Dublin Stansted
FR3776 & FR3777 Stansted Biarritz Stansted
FR416/FR411 Prestwick Stansted Prestwick
FR152 & FR153 Dublin Leeds Bradford Dublin
FR124 & FR125 Stansted Ancona Stansted
FR3006 & FR3009 Stansted Ciampino Stansted
FR8868 & FR8869 Stansted Tours Stansted
FR2254 & FR2255 Stansted Haugesund Stansted
FR2462 & FR2463 Stansted Bydgoszcz Stansted
FR7802 & FR7803 Prestwick Torp Prestwick
FR796 & FR767 Stansted Treviso Stansted
FR8032 & FR8033 Stansted Murcia Stansted
FR1135 & FR1134 Liverpool Shannon Liverpool
FR7282 & FR7283 Stansted Esbjerg Stansted
FR314 & FR315 Stansted Brescia Stansted
FR9802 & FR9803 Stansted Girona Stansted
FR8405 & FR8406 Stansted Worclaw Stansted
FR5732 & FR5733 Stansted Graz Stansted
FR632 & FR633 Stansted Montpellier Stansted
FR2356 & FR2357 Stansted Pau Stansted
FR8776 & FR8776 Stansted Limoges Stansted
FR8596 & FR8597 Stansted Bergerac Stansted
FR2634 & FR2635 Stansted Zaragosa Stansted
FR3647 & FR3648 Stansted Vitoria Stansted
FR114 & FR115 Dublin Gatwick Dublin
FR3256 & FR3257 Luton Nimes Luton
FR217 & FR216 Stansted Dublin Stansted
FR2124 & FR2125 Stansted Toulon Stansted
FR8926 & FR8927 Stansted Altenburg Stansted
FR112 & FR113 Dublin Gatwick Dublin
FR982 & FR983 Stansted Pescara Stansted
FR758 & FR761 Stansted Hahn Stansted
FR936 & FR937 Stansted Perpignan Stansted
FR2336 & FR 2337 Stansted Poznan Stansted

scooper

i dont know about anyone else,but im really scared of flying now,i was due to book our hols for spain next year and i will not be booking now,or anywhere abroad
i know some might say they are winnning doing that,but i am not risking it!

morg_monster

I'm so fed up... Went to Stansted this morning to get my 9.55 Ryanair flight to Leipzig...I knew there were problems about halfway through the train journey, and once I got there I was told it was cancelled, so I came home and tried to rebook. No tickets left for the flight tomorrow, and for Saturday there were tickets available but I couldn't get through the process on the website as the server was too busy. After trying about 100 times with no success now all the saturday tickets are gone. So I want to change to go next weekend, again the website too busy. Called the 0871 number (which is supposed to be a reservations line), and there was just a LONG recorded message (at 10p a minute!) with no option to talk to a real person. They read out another phone number to call starting with 00313 I think... but I couldn't find a pen in time. Now I've tried the number again about 20 times and each time there is either an 'engaged' tone, or various BT messages that the person at the other end has hung up.

Doubly annoying we've just moved into a new place and broadband isn't up and running yet, so we're on dialup, so can't try the web and phone at the same time... DOH!

morg_monster

scooper - its funny, for me it has made me more confident in flying since I feel more happy that the police/whoever can get the job done to foil the attempts! Hope you get a nice holiday wherever you decide to go.

billy_the_kid_2

Scooper,

Its all about risk, if you decide to hol in Britain, and drive I'm afraid theres more chances of copping it on the roads than flying.