Volcanic Ash
A little over a year after the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, we have another eruption in Iceland causing air transportation disruptions in Europe. Grímsvötn erupted on May 21, but relatively briefly. Although ash emissions slowed after a couple of days, the ash plume was propelled above FL600. The ash clouds moved predominantly to the north and northeast. […]
Coming off several months of studying volcanic disruptions to aviation, I come away with sobering observations about the way we as an aviation community go about solving real world problems, or the way we don’t solve them as the case may be.At the core, volcanic disruptions require safe and efficient rerouting of aircraft to avoid […]
I just returned from the Atlantic Conference on Eyjafjallajökull and Aviation held in Keflavik, Iceland. It was organized by the Keilir Aviation Academy with sponsorship from ICAO and IATA. As far as I can tell, it’s the first time in recent history that an interdisciplinary meeting has been held on the topic of volcanic disruptions […]
Many of us in aviation watched in awe as the Eyjafjallajokull volcano on Iceland began erupting in earnest on April 14 and began disrupting air traffic all over Europe. According to Oxford Economics, that first week of disruption caused an estimated impact of $4.7B, not just limited to Europe, but extending to North America, Asia […]
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