[SatinDoll]

That volcano is still erupting. As long as the ash is spewing from that fissure, putting jets aloft will be risky.

I’ve been in contact with Americans in Europe who are coming home via merchant vessels. There is a backlog, and the waiting time to depart is growing long, though at least they have a firm departure date which folks waiting for flight restrictions to lift certainly do not.

[little jeremiah]

What do you mean by merchant vessels?

I’m wondering if flights remain cancelled for a long time, if, say, the eruption just keeps going or gets worse, will anyone receive refunds? I would assume a lot of airlines will be losing so much money they couldn’t do that.

[calex59]

Out Merchant fleet(ours and the rest of the worlds)are sadly depleted. Passenger traffic for ships has gone the way of the railroads except for "cruise" ships. There are very few passenger liners in the world today. To me this is sad, traveling by ship is a good way to go, IMO. Unless this cloud keeps up for 20 or so years, I doubt if anyone builds more new passenger ships.