India Uses Athens To Unsnarl Volcano-Related Travel Cancellations
News AWIN First Apr 20 , 2010 Neelam Mathews mathews.neelam@gmail.com Indian carriers are sending Europe-bound passengers to Athens to continue on by road to their destinations as a way to help reduce the number of passengers stranded by the April 15 volcano eruption on Iceland that closed much of Europe’s airspace. Jet Airways has resumed U.S and Canada flights via Athens, operating four flights daily to these destinations. About 6,000 Europe-bound passengers booked on Jet Airways and 3,000 booked with Air India were stranded in India. Air India has now resumed flights to Chicago, New York Kennedy and Newark from Mumbai and Delhi. Air India had one aircraft stranded each at London Heathrow and Frankfurt airports. Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines, which operates 25 daily flights to Europe, has used Rome and Athens, and a special flight to Barcelona took off on April 19. Air India said, “Indications have been received that Heathrow Airport may get operational for limited hours ...