Six weeks of jet fuel left

[Nellietheolophant]

It has been officially announced and i really don't think it's scaremongering anymore.
Both Lufhthansa and KLM are cancelling flights now.

It is slowly being announced. All over BBC news, it's a slow drip feed for us but countries in Europe have made major announcement.
As usual.our government seems to have no.plan..as yet.

To be fair for me it’s not the loss of a holiday but the loss of the £5k cost of it. It won’t leave us on the bones of our arse but how privileged do you need to be to not care about that?

Surely you have travel insurance?

Of course. I should say potential loss because I haven’t checked the terms yet but I didn’t think they generally paid out for acts of war and my concern would be that they try to rely on that clause.

Destination weddings anyone?

It's more the fact that the poster specifically referred to it being the first time on a plane for some children as if it is something they should not miss out on. Obviously, looking forward to a holiday and not being able to go is disappointing. Although, I have a trip coming up in three weeks and I am mostly worried that insurance won't compensate if it has to be cancelled citing war as a reason.

Exactly this!

Can’t see it on BBC news, have you got a link?

Insurance won't pay out in a war situation.
Many people do not realise this.

I agree it could be done and we should move towards it, but the fact that adults are overweight or obese tells us very little about our ability to produce a sufficiency of nutrients and calories when much of that weight comes from UPF, empty calories and probably imported foods.

Fair, I apologise.

@Nellietheolophant this is what I'm not understanding as well
Other countries have made lots of provsions and working from home on some days and so on. Ours keeps saying we are fine .
The ex head of BP said he's waiting for the emergency fuel plan.
Where is it.

I don't have faith in them

Exactly. It's like Covid all.over again. Last to lockdown in Europe, it was all too.late.
De ja vu anyone?

I dunno, when my father-in-law was dying overseas I was pretty glad my husband was able to fly to be with him. Many people these days -perhaps not you - live more globally connected lives and it can be complicated. Personal flight does not automatically equals holiday. Guess I should have married a nice local Britisher but fifteen years and two kids later it's a bit late for that.

@SpiceGirlsNeedAComeBack actually there were lots of threads esp on conflict in middle East discussing all aspects of the war

People are allowed to start threads about specified issues and people can be worried about all sorts at the same time

I'm on the other threads and also worried about summer.
So leave us alone.

Good point.
Staying on the bright side, however: at least the Brits will be able to visit the British Museum coomfortably, without long queues. 😅

Yes, it's just empty rhetoric to claim that any mention of the impact domestically is synonymos with indifference to war trauma in other parts of the globe.

It's empty insult hurling, based on what? Perhaps envy that some people have paid for expensive holidays abroad? Perhaps something else, I don't know.

It's just laziness. People spout what they read and hear, and can't comprehend that others can have multiple and conflicting, thoughts, opinions, worries etc..

@Catza

You are missing the point. It’s not about deserving to go on a plane. I didn’t fly myself until my 20s. It’s not a god given right. It is however disappointing if the trips already in the pipeline and the school kids are excited about it. Particularly kids who have never had the opportunity for foreign travel and likely will not have any chance to go in the future, or not for a long time. It’s not difficult to comprehend that I can be disappointed about multiple things at the same time.

Don't think it's just you worried.

Apparently Greenland invasion may be back on cards - or Cuba as he needs a win abroad.

We do UK hoildays but we're thinking about this as it may impact UK hoilday prices and avaliablity if demand increases.

Trump is determined to destroy Europe's economy even at a cost to America

I think if people are unable to go abroad, the UK will be a nightmare this summer.
We have a holiday cottage in North Wales, it was rammed during Covid. Ditto Scotland and Cornwall etc.

@AprilMizzel if you are thinking of the UK i would be booking now.