Iceland Volcano Grounds UK Flights Volcanic Ash Sweeps Into British Airspace Closing Airports
Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast and Newcastle airports have been completely shut. And hundreds of flights from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester, Luton and Birmingham have been cancelled. Officials said more airports could close completely as the ash drifts over the UK. Airports are urging travellers to contact their airlines to check whether their journeys are affected.
Iceland volcano eruption continues, more test flights through ash planned
EU Ministers are due to hold emergency talks on the air travel chaos caused by plumes of ash from a volcano in Iceland. The crisis is entering its fifth day with airspace remaining closed in over twenty countries. Desperate airlines are putting pressure on EU leaders to lift the flight ban, saying it’s already cost [...]
Test flights through Iceland volcano ash cloud successful
The massive volcanic ash cloud that’s brought European air travel to a virtual standstill, has stranded an estimated 32000 people hoping to travel to or from Russia. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered emergency measures to deal with the unprecedented crisis. The Dutch airline KLM and Germany’s Lufthansa have carried out test flights through the [...]
Iceland Volcano Eruption: Ash grounds flights in UK and Northern Europe
Volcanic ash from Iceland that’s blowing across northern Europe is severely disrupting air traffic across the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia. In the next two hours, all flights in British airspace will be suspended, grounding hundreds of planes, including those at the world’s busiest international airport at Heathrow in London. The ash is dangerous to aircraft [...]