Taking off Travel blog

As another ash cloud affects European air travel, the news is that train and boat companies are cleaning up (not unexpected, I admit). There’s no end date in sight for the eruption, causing many to choose a form of travel that they know won’t be disrupted – and who could blame them. In wondering if something similar could ever happen here, I checked the latest updates on US volcanoes, only to find that one was  on yellow alert, and another on orange. It’s hard to think of any geological situation which would close down all of our airspace, but I still wonder how long the chaos in Europe will continue to affect our global carriers. Call me a pessimist, but when airlines lose money, isn’t it the passenger who pays?

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