According to the reports, the last time this volcano let loose (1821?), it went off intermittently for nearly two years.
So what happens if London, Paris, Brussels, etc., etc. are
still closed in a fortnight? or a month? or three months? You guys could probably fly to Madrid or someplace and get home by train, but I have a colleague visiting her daughter in the UK, she was due to fly out Friday and be back at work Monday.
- How is she and thousands of others going to get home?
- Will Prestwick become the major UK airport?
- Or will Air NZ flights from here terminate in Marseilles or Toulouse and SLF have to get the TGV to London via Paris?
- And how long before airport companies are in receivership - no landing fees, no car-park fees, no duty-free sales, but the finance costs continue, and so do a portion of all the other costs?
This is actually potentially a desperately serious situation, far worse than the GFC.