Chile volcano: Qantas cancels Melbourne flights

[MovingIn07]

Northerly winds usually push stuff south...

? maybe they have a different terminology here in Aus. I wasnt paying that much attention - just said the wind was blowing it north (possibly a different term?)

[virago]

Northerly winds usually push stuff south...

Yes and the quickest between Aust and South America is flying close to the polar caps under the world, not across it.

[MovingIn07]

Qantas just cancelled all flights into and out of Perth from 1pm this afternoon. I have a colleague flying in from Singapore on Singapore airlines - his flight is on "watch". Cathay's flights are not showing anything right now, but they note we should check flight status regularly. I'm due to fly home on Thursday night; and hoping I do not have to run the meeting my colleague is flying in for tonight!

[dot.zen]

I was supposed to fly from Melbourne to New Zealand on Monday.
I'd been roughing it near Melbourne for a few days, no tv or internet, so I had no idea that there were any problems. When I arrived at the airport I was rather surprised to find all almost flights cancelled.
Most international flights were still operating, not to NZ of course, so I came home to HK instead.

dot.zen