Jet to fly to Newark, Toronto; all flights to Europe cancelled

New Delhi: With volcanic plumes virtually grounding air traffic over the European sky, Air India on Saturday cancelled its flights to Europe and North America till Monday but Jet Airways announced plans to resume operations to New York and Toronto by making a diversion over Greece.
Hundreds of air travellers, both Indian and foreign, faced inconvenience at Delhi and Mumbai where airline or airport officials could not confirm when they would be able to fly. Parking bays at these airports also got congested as several planes bound for Europe remained stationed there.
A Jet spokesperson said the private carrier would operate Newark-Mumbai-Newark and Toronto-Delhi-Toronto sectors from Saturday night by making a technical halt at Athens as an alternate temporary transit point through Europe.
"We have taken special permission from Directorate General of Civil Aviation" for this stopover, she said. However, Jet cancelled its flights bound for London and its European hub at Brussels scheduled for Sunday.
Air India too cancelled flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Amritsar to London, Frankfurt, Chicago, New York, Washington, Toronto and Newark and vice versa till Monday.
"As the European Airspace continues to remain closed following the volcanic eruption in Iceland, Air India has suspended all westbound flights to Europe, USA and Canada on April 19," an AI spokesperson said, adding that the same flights scheduled for Sunday have also been cancelled.
17/04/10 Press Trust Of India/Hindustan Times

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