NSW: Flights from Australia for Europe get under way

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2010
NSW: Flights from Australia for Europe get under way

The first flights from Australia bound for Europe are on their way this morning ..

after a five-day airspace shut-down due to a massive volcanic ash cloud.

Qantas says the grounding of its flights in Sydney .. Melbourne and Asian hubs has
cost it up to 10 million dollars so far.

Chief executive Alan Joyce .. whose airline won't begin moving passengers from Australia
until later today .. says it will take a week to clear a massive backlog of travellers
stranded by the event.

Singapore Airlines flight SQ222 was the first Europe-bound flight to leave Sydney yesterday
afternoon.

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KEYWORD: VOLCANO AUST (SYDNEY)

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