WestWind Airlines

Good Day everyone,

      Due to conflicts and weather conditions throughout the world, the following flight restrictions are put in place until further notice.

1) All flights flying into the South Florida, USA area are temporarily suspended to due to the impending arrival of tropical storm/hurricane Fay into the region. All flights departing for Frankfurt are to be flown as scheduled until the arrival of the storm. All aircraft unable to fly scheduled routes are requested to fly to any mainland USA Westwind hub, preferably KCVG, KIAD, or KDFW. This is a one-time only restriction and will expire at 1200z on 20 August, 2008.

2) Due to security concerns in the area over South Ossetia, all passenger flights to Tbilsi, Georgia are suspended until further notice. Cargo operations to the region out of Frankfurt will not be affected, but pilots are urged to monitor the situation.

3) The previous flight restriction to Belarus/Belorussia is now lifted. All flights to Minsk are to resume their normal schedules within 48 hours.

 

     
 

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Ian S. Crawford
WWA 752, CYYZ
VP Director of Cargo Operations, Europe
AOPA # 05034673

Hi Ian

thx for the information,

nice flights

wwa1064   Klaus

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Klaus Huff
WWA1064-EDDF

Good Day everyone,

      Just to let you know, I plan on making this a common feature in the forum. The biggest thing is that none of the flight restrictions are or will be politically based, just during periods of heavy civil unrest or when any airline would not send their planes in. Of course, weather is a big decision maker as well. If anyone tried to land during a hurricane, well, in addition to possibly exceeding any aircraft wind component, the passengers might complain about the ride in.

 Safe Flying everyone.

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Ian S. Crawford
WWA 752, CYYZ
VP Director of Cargo Operations, Europe
AOPA # 05034673