http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/12/28/jfk.stuck.tarmac/Airline passengers who spent 11 hours stuck on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport were unloaded Tuesday afternoon in the latest example of the frustrating effects of a massive blizzard that delayed thousands of would-be holiday travelers.
Kan vel ikke være mulig at de tillater så mange fly inn for så å holde pax som "gisler":crowded
Flytrafikken i Europa kan igjen bli rammet av forsinkelser og innstillinger de nærmeste dagene. Grunnen er mangel på avisingsmiddel.
Sveitsiske Clariant har varslet at selskapet innstiller produksjonen av avisingsmiddel i årets første fire dager som følge av mangel på råvaren propylenglykol.
British Airways says the bad weather that engulfed the UK, Europe and USA in December 2010 will cost it an estimated £50 million in the third quarter of its current financial year.
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brakar deras värdelösa bagage-band ihop
BA har beregnet kostnadene ved snøkaoset til 50 millioner pund
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/01/06/351576/ba-counts-cost-of-weather-disruption.html
Og ettersom jeg forstod ville ikke VS betale avgiftene til BAA.
This week BAA is expected to put the cost of the five-day snow disruption in the run-up to Christmas at between £20m and £25m. However, that number is set to rise after Virgin Atlantic said it would not pay landing and parking fees to BAA from 1 January until a report into the disruption, led by a BAA non-executive director, is published in March
UK carrier BMI and parent company Lufthansa expect to be compensated by airports operator BAA for the losses incurred as a result of runway closures at London Heathrow during last month's severe winter weather.
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