Lucky Scots finally back home thanks to ferry
Ferry Online Travel News 26/04/2010
More than 150 travelers stranded in Norway by the volcanic ash cloud are finally home.
Scottish holidaymakers are trickling home by a variety of means after a week stuck abroad after the Icelandic ash cloud led to widespread suspension of air travel.
A group of 157 people was finally home, happy to see family and friends, after a ferry brought them back from Norway.
Hamnavoe, a Northlink ferry, normally services the Pentland Firth. The vessel was tasked with traveling from Okrney to Bergen to rescue the stranded travelers.
All of Scotland’s major airports have reopened and flights are slowly returning to their regular schedules.
Though flights to the Northern Isles have restarted, Stornoway, on the island of Lewis, is still without air connections.
In Aberdeen, meanwhile, a group of students and teachers from Kirkhill School finally returned from an exchange trip in Valencia, Spain. Their original Saturday flight home was cancelled. Getting home required a flight to Paris and a coach home from there.
Elsewhere in the UK, airports are open again and flights are slowly getting back to normal.
Airports are stressing, however, that passengers need to contact their carriers before heading to the airport.
Some flights are still being cancelled, and re-routing or re-booking may be needed.
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