Europe's not flying anymore

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone)
03/30/2020 at 15:17 • Filed to: None

DISCUSSION (35)

E90M3 > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2020 at 15:25

I was supposed to go to Belgium with my girlfriend in 20 days. Sadly, we’re postponing that trip.

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > E90M3
03/30/2020 at 15:31

We have tickets to go see family in Europe in O ctober, and I’m not even sure if I could go visit in good conscience even then, especially since they’re older and the virus will still likely be hanging out.

Tripper > E90M3
03/30/2020 at 15:32

Friend at work is setup to propose in P aris in May, he has been setting up for it FOREVER. Luckily he has travelers insurance, still...

ttyymmnn > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2020 at 15:34

Kinja'd!!!

Europe: “We’re not flying any more.”

USA: “Hold my beer...”

Arrivederci > E90M3
03/30/2020 at 15:39

I feel ya - we have tickets to Ireland in May. Oh well.

imadick > ttyymmnn
03/30/2020 at 15:41

USA: “Covid 19 is a Democrat hoax!!!”

E90M3 > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/30/2020 at 15:42

We’re talking about an October timeline. Virus will probably still be around then, but I think it’ll be more back to normal then where I wouldn’t be as worried about it.

E90M3 > Tripper
03/30/2020 at 15:42

That sucks. A friend got married in Scotland back in April 2018, glad this wasn’t going on then.

Jim Spanfeller > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2020 at 15:47

We were planning on going to Disneyland this year, but my mom felt like God was telling her something bad would happen in 2020 , so we went to Disneyland last year instead. I guess we really dodged a bullet there...

Future next gen S2000 owner > E90M3
03/30/2020 at 15:50

I was supposed to go to the Cayman Islands next week.....but no....some dead bird coughed on someone’s noodle soup lunch and now here we are.....

E90M3 > Future next gen S2000 owner
03/30/2020 at 15:53

Ozzy Osborne ate a bat, and he’s fine.

Gone > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2020 at 15:57

Had an Iceland (loop the island) and Norway (fjords and stuff) trip planned in a couple months. Already paid for it - whoops. Hope we can get credit, transfers, refunds, or a combination of that. Expecting to lose most/all of it though. No trip insurance, but sounds like a lot of places are trying to get out of p aying that anyways.

Jetstreamer > Jim Spanfeller
03/30/2020 at 16:01

I’d argue that you jumped right in front of the bullet , this year you could have avoided Disneyland ;).

Ash78, voting early and often > Gone
03/30/2020 at 16:01

Yep, all the stories I’ve read are that trip insurance (usually a bad deal anyway) have loopholes for this.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2020 at 16:09

US is still flying... empty planes.

Gone > Ash78, voting early and often
03/30/2020 at 16:12

Yeah, I’ve never gotten it before. Would assume the fine print says “N o refunds ever. Sorry suckers!” somewhere lol.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/30/2020 at 16:28

Yeah, I don’t know why they are. It’s weird. You’d think they’d just refund any existing tickets and ground anything with under about 70% occupancy. They’ve been running for max profits for nearly a decade now, I don’t understand why they’re still simply flying to fly when they would happily mess with itineraries (inconveniencing the customer to the maximum legally possible without being on the hook for something, and often beyond because they knew most didn’t know what the limits were) for max profit only a couple months ago.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/30/2020 at 16:30

My buddy (pilot) just left on a trip and he’s flying 4-5 days then in quarantine for 14 before he can fly again. Kinda ridiculous if you ask me.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > E90M3
03/30/2020 at 16:33

Kinja'd!!!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > ttyymmnn
03/30/2020 at 16:39

What’s the difference between a yellow plane and a blue plane?

ttyymmnn > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/30/2020 at 16:44

I have no idea. I’ve been wondering the same thing. It is a recent change to FR24.

Poor_Sh > Gone
03/30/2020 at 16:52

I’ve done both, but separated by a year. Hurtigruten?

fintail > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/30/2020 at 16:53

Maybe this is a money bleed to facilitate higher aid amounts when money is disbursed.

ttyymmnn > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/30/2020 at 17:06

Flights currently tracked via satellite-based ADS-B will have blue icons. When clicking on a flight tracked by satellite, you’ll be able to learn more about the particular data source and see additional flight tracking details. Due to the possible latency of up to 10 minutes depending on the satellite source, satellite-tracked aircraft will only be displayed when we lack terrestrial coverage of a flight. As the number of satellites contributing data to the network increases, data volume will increase and latency will decrease.

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/satellite-based-ads-b-data-now-available-to-all-flightradar24-users/

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > fintail
03/30/2020 at 17:14

Being the type to conserve just about everything and seek efficiency where it’s possible, this mindset is baffling to me.

fintail > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/30/2020 at 17:29

I think it’s along the lines of how some corporate groups are forced to act - if you don’t spend the entire budget, next year’s budget will be less.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > fintail
03/30/2020 at 17:32

I’ve always found that weird and frustrating. Isn’t saving money the point ?

fintail > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/30/2020 at 17:33

Logic and reason don’t always have a place in the world.

pip bip - choose Corrour > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!
03/30/2020 at 17:53

it’ll be similar down here too

Gone > Poor_Sh
03/30/2020 at 17:57

W e actually didn’t look at cruises or travel packages but that looks fun - and more rela xing . We do our own planning/itinerary which can be exhausting tbh .

Iceland was going to be drive the ring ( Route 1 ) with an F-road capable SUV so we could also do some mild exploration of the island interior. ~ 12 days w/exploring .

Norway was to stay in Bergen and branch out for day trips to various places, including taking the train to Flam- > bus to Gudvangen . I don’t remember the rest but ~ 6 days .

Since you’ve done both, please tell me how it was horrible and a waste of money so I don’t feel bad lol!

Poor_Sh > Gone
03/30/2020 at 18:44

Oh yes it was all terrible. Definitely not the best vacations. Nope.

Lol sounds great though I hope you get to go!

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/30/2020 at 18:55

One article, don’t know if this covers the US too though.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/airport-slots-ghost-flights/index.html

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/30/2020 at 23:31

Oh there is a load of cancellations. My parents were trying to fgure out how to get home and had to rebook twice. and then ended up pn a plane that was at most 20%full

f86sabre > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
03/31/2020 at 00:04

Cargo and mail.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > f86sabre
03/31/2020 at 13:30

There’s only so much of that. Europe looks to have that kind of traffic.

I guess many commercial carriers also carry cargo, so there might be something to this theory, but you’d expect it to be even lower over the US.