Falklands rations seats on the UK airbridge forced by the volcanic ash
The impact of the volcanic ash is straining the Falkland Islands air links with the United Kingdom forcing the rationing of seats for northbound passengers because of the repeated cancelling of the airbridge with Brize Norton.
A release from the Falklands’ government Secretariat informs that because of the merging of three flights on to one aircraft “we are likely to have to ration the numbers of passengers travelling northbound significantly”.
The priority system will be as follows: Passengers flying for medical reasons (as designated by the Director of Health and Education); Falkland Island Students returning to study (as designated by the Director of Health and Education); Business passengers who can demonstrate at the time of booking that failure to travel on the flight will have a serious and unavoidable impact on their business.
This is expected to apply only exceptionally (evidence may be required); exceptionally any other passenger who can show it is essential they travel on the flight; Passengers who have purchased or been allocated Premium Economy class seating
Any passenger who thinks they may meet one of the above criteria should contact the Secretariat.
Once any priorities have been taken into account seats will be allocated using the date order in which passengers were originally due to fly.
Passengers will be telephoned during the course of Friday 10 June to inform them if they have been allocated a seat on the next outbound airbridge. If you are not contacted you can assume that you will not be traveling.
The MoD have advised: “we will automatically refund any charges in respect of flights cancelled due to the ash cloud; we won’t expect people to try to claim against their travel insurance first. For cancellations of other reasons, the normal cancellation rules will apply.”
Passengers are strongly advised to travel Lan if at all possible as the present ash situation suggests a greater chance of being able to travel on this route.
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just predestination !
3 geo ,,Pompei was on the main land, end of an argie city perhaps, silly boy
haven't you heard the vocable “” metaphorical expression “” ?!
then ??
the Falklanders should slip away from these cursed islands promptly !
certainly if , they are not the army hostages or military personels.
So here, we educated British folks, simply organise ourselves into a priority system of those who have the most urgent need to travel first get seats on the first flight etc. Then the less urgent wait until the next one and by the end of a few days all is normal again.
I assume you uneducated hysterical fantasisers just mob and riot at the checkin desks instead?
If they can put up with Argies shiting in their post office,a bit of ash aint going to bother them too much
you say that ...so here,we educated British folk,simply organize.......
first get seats on the first flight etc.
You educated British folk at Falkland Islands ??!!
You ?? as soldiers ??
Falkland Islands' British folk ?? sorry ... just learned.
Doesn't need an ash cloud for that... thats just a normal day at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery...
I'm happy, hope you're happy toooooooo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usqBzSaFl0I
Under pressure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-451NEoNmaA
I hope your bandwidth was not also rationalised.
: )
Here in SOUTH AMERICA WE CALL THEM MALVINAS
And, far more important news than this crap...
www.buenosairesherald.com/article/69687/argentine-satellite-launches-from-us-base
Good job Argentina and the USA, GOOD JOB!! ;-)
RedHot ;-)
And the continental shelf is just 'geography' ... not important.
Brackets?
What brackets?
I only see a comma.
www.diasdehistoria.com.ar/userfiles/image/MALVINAS%20MONEDA%20LOCAL.jpg
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-06/11/c_13923087.htm
In Argentina, all flights make a stop at Buenos Aires, even those flights between remote cities in the country, and this is the reason why the air space is closed as terminals in Ezeiza the Metropolitan Airport do not operate.
No brackets here either……...... Not even the ”F” word……
www.oas.org/en/41ga/docs/AG05445E02.doc
I don't know it's translation in English !
Geo - you should, it's the language of the islands. Has been for 178 years!
www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/world.pdf
Be sure to write them a stern letter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsnMWE__LCU&feature=related
But there is no-one amongst the Falkland Islands neighbours that have either importance or intelligence.
All just a bunch of useless incompetent wannabes. And failing!
they also murder Nuns like the Argies
IRA says nun's death in bomb trap was a fluke
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/ira-says-nun-s-death-in-bomb-trap-was-a-fluke-1.566334
www.newser.com/story/99112/us-ambassador-kills-nun-in-car-crash.html
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/special-reports/crimes-that-rocked-scotland/2007/10/19/nun-murdered-by-ninja-warrior-86908-19978480/
www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Nun-killed-road-accident/story-12662973-detail/story.html
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6497008/Nun-murdered-in-convent-on-Halloween.html
They also murder Nuns like the Brits
But the Argies have refined the art
The three former police officers were charged in the slaying of five women. The women are said to have been drugged in the airplane and was thrown out of the airplane while they were still alive, according to the reports.
site.catholicfavors.com/blog/1890/three-pilots-charged-in-argentine-death-flights-where-a-nun-was-murdered/
This is a nice link too:
www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/burning.html
An elderly nun was killed when the car she was riding in, driven by US Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec, drifted onto a dirt shoulder and hit a drainage ditch in Los Angeles County yesterday.
ie an accident and in North America.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/special-reports/crimes-that-rocked-scotland/2007/10/19/nun-murdered-by-ninja-warrior-86908-19978480/
A tragic murder by a madman
www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Nun-killed-road-accident/story-12662973-detail/story.html
An accident, again.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6497008/Nun-murdered-in-convent-on-Halloween.html
Another tragic murder by a nutter, in America.
www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/ira-says-nun-s-death-in-bomb-trap-was-a-fluke-1.566334
A deliberate act of terrorism, whilst committing the act of murder. Tell me how they compare as what you term the “Brits murdering nuns”.
site.catholicfavors.com/blog/1890/three-pilots-charged-in-argentine-death-flights-where-a-nun-was-murdered/
The murders of the nuns protecting Argentine people during the Dirty War. Tell me how they compare as what you term the “Brits murdering nuns”.
Many times I have been sickened by the callous disregard for human tragedy displayed by the Argentine posters here, however, even I never thought you'd stoop so low. I guess I shouldn't be surprised anymore, just when I think you've scraped the bottom of the barrel you dig deep and go further.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13357301
Thank you Cristina.
And what happen to the murder of 270 innocents civilians in UK?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12381612
Is he still alive?
But served some jail time,but argies like to imped justice
Argentina refuses to extradite criminal to Israel
Posted - 03/27/07 04:22
Citing technicalities, the Argentina Supreme Court has again refused the extradition request made by Israel to send back a convicted murderer and felon who escaped on a forged passport.
The Argentine Government today denied a request by the newly installed Paraguayan Government to extradite its former military chief. The former official is accused of having ordered the assassination of the Paraguayan Vice President.
Argentina refuses to extradite ex-junta leader for 'dirty war' crime
A criminal law court on Tuesday rejected Germany's extradition request for Videla, wanted in the March 1977 kidnapping and killing of activist Elisabeth Kaesemann. The court ruled crimes committed in Argentina are first subject to its judiciary
An Argentine court on Tuesday refused to extradite Chilean ex-guerrilla Sergio Apablaza Guerra, who is wanted in his country on charges of slaying a senator in 1991.
Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio issued his ruling on Monday and ordered Apablaza's immediate release on the grounds that he would not be assured due process if sent to Chile, noting that some of the requirements specified in extradition legislation had not been met.
Those links of yours are old, stick.
Apablaza can't be extradited to Chile because that's what Human Rights are made for, to protect people like Apablaza, change them if you don't like them, create different Human Rights that are likable to you.
Well, here is this link:
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40038:activists-protest-at-uk-home-of-cio-who-was-granted-asylum&catid=52&Itemid=32
There are tons of links, do your own research if you're interested.
Chileans are little girls accusing us all the time. We don't care anymore.
what that lonly little girl from the asylum, never heard of her,
christina who i dont know her, mmm more imaginary people lol
Who scared the shit out of the Argies,and stood up to the bully
We must hang the traitors of 82, we need military with strength to crush liberal red scum and liquidate British from our country! Death to colonial, death to British, spit on their graves. They are sub human race
And yet another British turnip posing as a deranged Argentinean poster.
(As if we didn't have enough with the authentic ones :-)
Do your parents teach you about not to steal?
For only the argie are actively and slowly stealing bits of the Antarctica are they not, and if the world turn away, you would claim the lot,
don’t do as we say, just do what we do, and Argentina certainly does ,,mm
#52 - If the British made any great mistake in the 1800's, it was not supporting Chile over Patagonia. They would have made much better neighbours.
“Republic of Pategonia”???
“It's time we liberated them, they told me they would welcome it!”
With what?? Sheep and trees from the countryside from Wales?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2rnRbWiOYw
www.wellho.net/pix/newportarea.jpg
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-wales-places-coast_countryside-main_picture
Ha ha ha
l've been saying something similar for quite a while.
Patagonia is our“legitimate right” anyway.
One thing for sure its no more a silly idea than the Falklands “belonging” to Argentina.
lt would make the Argentines further away from Antarctica too.
Now, how can we do it?
But instead of republic, perhaps the rightful King of Patagonia could be restored to his throne.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Araucan%C3%ADa_and_Patagonia
kingdom ?? in south america??
jajajaja these pirates are getting mad
Perhaps if you consider Malvinas Falkland’s
we could consider , British Patagonia,
Just a thought .
www.portalplanetasedna.com.ar/patagonia3.htm
all he wanted was to steal america, to create a new france, same as the spanish, and marketing of guano....behind his monarchy intentions.
nothing new, steal steal steal silver land guano whatever
and roberts about the desert conquest that was internal conflicts that we resolved how we could at that time. in 1810 there were 6000 spaniards less than 1 % and 700.000 inhabitants in between natives, criollos and mestizos = argentines. This last people fought for independence from spain and also against brothers others natives in Patagonia. we also have wars against others countries in the continent internal problems like two brothers fihghting for whatever, different it comes when foreigners europeans come here pretending to have something that never could have belonged to them. at least Patagonia its a free land if not today it would be an usurpated land dependent of a foreigner country
Internal conflicts. You butchered the Indians. They were there thousands of years before you.
Most RG's are of European descent. Look in the phone book. How many native names?
Plenty of Spanish, Italian, British, etc etc.
:-)
Through the power conferred to my grace I appoint in the following act:
Malen Princess of Malvinas.
Markus Alejandro Prince of Georgia.
Think Baron of west Artartida and head of the foreign office
Martin_Fierro Baron of East Antartica and head of the home office
Artillero601 Baron of south Antartida and minister of defence and on especial duty in Texas USA.
Now I need the head of the treasury, head of the Inland tax revenue (Kings need to collect money because kingdoms are expensive).
Any volunteer?
Oh, and Happy Liberation Day ..... just in case I forgot to mention it :-)
So please use commoner channels.
1- If you are not a legal resident of my Kingdom, I suggest you to talk with our Baron Think who is in charge of the Foreigner Office matters.
2- If you are a legal resident of my Kingdom, I suggest you to talk with Baron Martin Fierro who is in charge of the Home Office and local affairs.
By the way have you been paying your taxes?
Your Majesty King NicoDim I, of Malvinas, Georgias, Antartida, Mohammed’s land (ex UK) and France.
“all he wanted was to steal america... same as the spanish”
Considering you Argies are mostly Spanish, that looks like a brilliant example of Argie doublethink.
@74 J.A.Roberts,
There's no doublethink like Argy doublethink! -btw J.R., are you related to the Lincolnshire Roberts clan?(thats assuming your name IS Roberts & not a nom-de-plume).
Nicotine, court fool
Socialist, if I may be so bold.
Now that I think about it; both my godparents were margraves……………
I prefer to be in charge of the official press sth like MalviPress
copy and paste articles from google and put a little touch of proargie sentences in between from time to time :)
barilo can be good for the finances, equilibrated man
Yours desires are my command. Done.
Malen Baroness of Malvinas and head of the Crown press office.
“barilo can be good for the finances, equilibrated man”
Do you mean xbarilox?
Do you want that my little recent born Kingdom ends involved in a corruption scandal like the Schoklender and the Madres de Plaza de Mayo???
: )
Beneath the chest of a revolutionary beats the heart of a conservative.
Beneath the chest of a socialist beats the heart of a would be Duke or Baron.
l guess that l'm the opposite.
Beneath my conservative chest beats the heart of a born Rebel.
l believe that l was pretty uncontrollable at school.
She’s broke china slipped over Greece and hurt turkey,
And now claims its chilli outside, she has stolen brazils, nuts.
And thrown, falks over land again.
If she is going to act like a child, she will be treated like a child,
Argentina, bed please no hot chocolate or Peru nuts, BED lol
[some things never change ]
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