1.6 eyafjallajokull - global interdependence

Question 1

when?

Answer 1

14 april 2010

Question 2

what happened to the population who lived nearby?

Answer 2

recorded high levels of irritation and respiratory symptoms in comparison to a control group from north iceland

Question 3

airline costs

Answer 3

international air transport association (IATA) stated that the total loss for the airline industry was around US $1.7 billion

Question 4

roughly how many flights were cancelled

Answer 4

107,000 cancelled during an 8-day period, accounting for 48% of total air traffic and roughly 10 million passengers

Question 5

art impact

Answer 5

disruption had effects on the arts worldwide, many events subject to cancellations.
british music bands who were scheduled to perform in california for the annual coachella music and arts festival eventually cancelled their performances

Question 6

african countries lost how much?

Answer 6

according to the world bank US $65 million due to effect of the airspace shutdown on perishable exports

Question 7

kenyan flower industry suffered how?

Answer 7

US $2 million losses per day, with 3,000 tonnes of flowers destroyed and thousands of workers temporarily laid off

Question 8

uganda fish and flower export business affected how?

Answer 8

lack of air freight

Question 9

what happened to fresh salmon from iceland and norway

Answer 9

had to be stored cold and could not be exported
but new zealand fisheries economy did benefit by receiving substantially boosted orders for salmon

Question 10

what happened to the nissan plant in japan

Answer 10

stop production of 3 car models because they ran out of critical sensor produced in ireland

Question 11

how was sports affected?

Answer 11

2010 japanese MotoGP postponed when the majority of teams were unable to travel to the circuit from their european bases

Question 12

import and exports europe affected

Answer 12

air travel shut down in 2010, with the european economy lost US $5billion as a result of the disruption

Question 13

factories in chinas guangdong province

Answer 13

air shipments of clothes and jewellry delayed.
south korea, samsung and LG were unable to air-freight more than 20% of their daily electronics exports and the federation of hong kong industries said hotels and restaurants in hong kong were facing shortages of european produce