Air-traffic controllers across Europe staged a day of protest against the EU plan to unify the European airspace yesterday (Wednesday). There were limited disruptions to Austrian air traffic – the only flights affected were those to and from France. Officials at Vienna-Schwechat’s international airport said that ten links to Paris, Nice and Lyon (France) were […]
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The outlook for flights in Austrian airspace is good for the next few days, a spokesman for Austria air-traffic control agency Austro Control said today (Weds).German news agency dpa quoted the German Flight Safety Agency (DFS) today as saying that “Europe remains free of ash” despite the continued eruption of a volcano on Eyjafjalla glacier […]
Austrian experts are at odds over whether officials reacted correctly to the eruption of an Icelandic volcano, while FlyNiki boss Niki Lauda considers suing aviation safety organisation Eurocontrol.Fritz Pachowsky, aviation engineering lecturer at Viennas Technical University (TU), said today (Mon): “Shutting down the whole European airspace for several days is like sending someone with a […]