Editorial

The International Air Transport Association estimates that 1.2 million passengers were affected by the first ‘shutdown in the skies above’ resulting from the Icelandic Volcano’s ash cloud. The estimated loss of revenue was 1.7 billion US dollars. For six days there were no airline flights over Britain and Northern Europe.
Helicopters and helicopter companies, on the other hand, benefited. PremiAir Aviation, for example, flew sorties out to Ireland...