UK Flights cancelled

[HappyMonday]

Sky news this morning - all UK airports closed until 1am tomorrow morning earliest

[janet.gur]

my husband was due to fly from Manchester to Istanbul this AM and flight has been cancelled.  I rang Turkish airlines and they were really helpful.  I have provisionally re-booked his flight for Tuesday but need to ring them again on Monday to confirm that there is a flight available.  There is no charge for re-booking.

However she did say that the volcanic ash cloud is travelling towards Turkey and there may be problems later with Turkish airports closing.  Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

Janet

[nichola]

I hear Thomas Cook has cancelled all holidays and will give a full refund and you need to book another holiday at another time. I guess by the time this is over if it ever is they just wouldn't be able to cope with re jigging everyone.

Very very bad news for everyone... this could go on indefinitely... it lasted 2 years last time this volcano erupted 200 years ago

[karaokemark]

Just spoke to Thomas Cook we should be flying from east mid today, they said the flights are not cancelled yet, just delayed, and will phone us with further info.
Mark

[Highlander]

Not good news on their website Mark:(

[DianaJ]

just got my refund sorted with Thomas cook for flight that was due to go on last night, told not really worth rearranging for another date at the minute as possible they may not go either

[feznut]

Updated  10.00 Uk Local time 17 April 2010

Like all UK travel companies, Thomas Cook UK & Ireland has faced unprecedented disruption to its flight and holiday programme as a result of the volcanic ash from Iceland that continues to affect the airspace above northern Europe.

 As a result, we have now taken the difficult decision to cancel all Thomas Cook Airlines flights that were unable to depart on Thursday 15th April, yesterday (Friday 16th April) and all outbound flights today (Saturday 17th April). We are contacting all customers affected by this to do our up most to rearrange their holiday to allow them to depart in the next few days.

For holidaymakers due to travel tomorrow (Sunday 18th April), they should not travel to their UK departure airports at this present time.  We continue to monitor the situation and we will update our website with new information.

Please Note

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- Customers whose flights have been cancelled by the airline and wish to amend their flight / holiday may do so but must re-book to travel on a departure date within the next 30 days (18th May 2010)
- In the event of a customer amending their holiday (as above), any additional costs will be the responsibility of the customer
- If the airline has confirmed that the flight is still operating (although with possible delays) then normal cancellation and amendment booking conditions will apply
- For customers due to depart after 18 April, normal booking conditions will apply.

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additional costs?

[miaspyro]

I know many people have had had added expenses because of all the disruption, They have done an item on insurance claims, and compansation on money box live on Radion BBC 4  which can be heard on the listen again option on your computer, they seem to have some very sensible advice.  hope this helps maria

[HappyMonday]

UK airports closed until 1am tomorrow. As European airspace is also closed all flights that fly over europe will not be flying for at least another day or so. Flight companies are also prioritising - those booked on a flight from Dalaman to UK will get priority over those whose flight was cancelled. Best to just try and chill and enjoy the sun for a few more days.

[marytheresa]

Reports on Turkish news are saying they are expecting the smog to hit istanbul on tuesday and that turkish airports will be closed as well!!!