We had some really positive hints at a resolution of the Iceland ATC strike last week, but it’s not over yet – by any measure. Today sees another long list of airspace and airport closures. Oceanic Eastbound, Westbound and landing traffic all affected.<\/p>\n
BIKF\/KEFLAVIK A0454\/16 06JUL 1007Z<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n (NOTAMR A0453\/16) – DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE BIKF TWR SERVICE LIMITED BIRD\/REYKJAVIK OACC A0452\/16 05JUL 2146Z<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n (NOTAMR A0451\/16) – DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE IN REYKJAVIK OACC WESTBOUND BIRD\/REYKJAVIK A0450\/16 05JUL 1518Z<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n – DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE IN REYKJAVIK CENTRE, BIRD\/REYKJAVIK A0452\/16 05JUL 2146Z<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n (NOTAMR A0451\/16) – DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE IN REYKJAVIK OACC WESTBOUND We had some really positive hints at a resolution of the Iceland ATC strike last…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[89,310,381,477,354,312,508,195],"class_list":{"0":"post-768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"tag-atc-strike","9":"tag-bikf","10":"tag-bird","11":"tag-birk","12":"tag-iceland","13":"tag-keflavik","14":"tag-oceanic","15":"tag-reykjavik"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions\/770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>TO SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL
\n<\/span>FLIGHTS, AMBULANCE AND EMERGENCY\u00a0 <\/span>FLIGHTS.
\n<\/span>NO TOUCH AND GOES OR LOW APPROACHES FOR VFR
\n<\/span>TRAINING FLIGHTS, ONLY DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL.
\n<\/span>TWR BIKF SERVICE LIMITED TO AMBULANCE AND
\n<\/span>EMERGENCY FLIGHTS ONLY DURING THE FOLLOWING
\n<\/span>HOURS: 09:00-09:30, 11:30-12:00 AND 14:00-14:30. 06 JUL 10:05 2016 UNTIL 06<\/span>JUL 21:00 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>TFC PLANNING TO ENTER BIRD FROM ENSV VIA GUNPA,
\n<\/span>VALDI, IPTON, INGAL, ISVIG AND EGPX VIA LIRKI, GONUT,
\n<\/span>OLKER, MATIK AND RATSU AND THEN PROCEEDING INTO EGGX
\n<\/span>OR CZQX SHALL REMAIN SOUTH OF BIRD CTA. 06 JUL 11:00 2016 UNTIL 06 JUL 20:00\u00a0<\/span>2016.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>OPERATORS SHALL FILE TO COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING:
\n<\/span>1. EASTBOUND TFC WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FROM CZQX AND
\n<\/span>EGGX EXCEPT<\/span>\u00a0 TRAFFIC WITH DESTINATION IN ICELAND,
\n<\/span>SCANDINAVIA, BALTIC STATES AND RUSSIA.
\n<\/span>2. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM AERODROMES EAST OF 105W
\n<\/span>WITH<\/span>\u00a0 DESTINATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST SHALL REMAIN CLEAR OF
\n<\/span>BIRD CTA.
\n<\/span>OPERATORS ARE URGED TO KEEP REQUESTS FOR LEVEL AND
\n<\/span>SPEED AMENDMENTS WITHIN BIRD CTA TO A MINIMUM.
\n<\/span>FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL REYKJAVIK SHIFT
\n<\/span>MANAGER +354 424 4141. 06 JUL 02:00 2016 UNTIL 06 JUL 08:00 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>TFC PLANNING TO ENTER BIRD FROM ENSV VIA GUNPA,
\n<\/span>VALDI, IPTON, INGAL, ISVIG AND EGPX VIA LIRKI, GONUT,
\n<\/span>OLKER, MATIK AND RATSU AND THEN PROCEEDING INTO EGGX
\n<\/span>OR CZQX SHALL REMAIN SOUTH OF BIRD CTA. 06 JUL 11:00 2016 UNTIL 06 JUL 20:00\u00a0<\/span>2016. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"