Heathrow Director wrote:
<<does the no fly not restrict piston/light aircraft?>>
The only restriction on aviation is that ATC is not issuing clearances to IFR flights to enter controlled airspace within the contamintaion zone..
Outside controlled airspace aviation is not prohibited, but soooooo many posters on PPruNe don't seem to want to understand that.
Not only that, but the news people seem to be missing it as well. Since I was able to fly from Dundee to Cumbernauld yesterday, and back to Dundee later on, there seems no reason for telling the world that UK Airspace is closed. I can see how the big airlines might be suffering but the smaller operations ought to be making a bigger effort to publicise their availability in Scotland and the north of England.