Hi John,
Yes, it's a pain, isn't it? Although we've nothing planned ourselves so far this year, I though it might be convenient for some of our members to have a couple of links posted here to the info. provided by two of the main British budget airlines flying to Italy, namely, Ryanair and Easyjet, as a quick shortcut:
Severe Flight Disruptions due to Volcanic Ash Flight Cancellations due to Volcano Eruption
It looks a little more hopeful now than it did yesterday, with more flights being reinstated and more people being able to make their way home, so you may be OK for Tuesday. We only saw a couple of aeroplanes in the sky while we were out and about yesterday - quite the strangest thing to see a sky devoid of planes and smoke trails - can't remember seeing anything like that in my whole life. Nice and peaceful, though!
We live in the East of England and, while at the coast recently, we were aware of seeing a very thin film of light-coloured dust on all the cars parked in a supermarket car park - don't think there can be any other explanation for something like that as it's too much of a coincidence.
Ah well, here's hoping everything will be back to normal soon and everyone will get to where they need to go without too much hassle.
Incidentally, there's also some info. on refunds on the links I've provided - haven't had time to look into it but will be interested to know whether anyone actually gets a refund from an airline for this particular problem.
Ciao a tutti,
Frances.
20-04-2010, 10:49
Volcanic ash 
Phew, home at last! 
Getting home 
I can't remember when we've been on such an empty plane! We'd made the decision to stay put and hold this flight. We also had visitors who had to get away, different airports, different airline so we made this decision. Easyjet was still saying on line 'don't come to the airport without reservations - there might be limited but no guaranteed standby! ' If you are still waiting there is plenty of space and they are not letting you know!
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