European Flights Operate as Normal as Volcanic Ash Disperses
Europe Flights Likely to Run Normally as Volcanic Ash Clears
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A passenger looks at the flight information monitors at Dublin International airport.
A passenger looks at the flight information monitors at Dublin International airport. Photographer: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images
European flights operated as normal after a volcanic ash cloud that drifted over the region this week from Iceland dispersed.
Airports in the Nordic countries and Germany, some of which had been shut for several hours yesterday, were open and flying regular schedules, aviation authorities in the countries said.
There is unlikely to be “any significant impact on European airspace” from the ash cloud today, Eurocontrol, the region’s air-traffic control agency, said on its website.
About 450 flights were canceled in Germany yesterday as a cloud of ash from Iceland’s Grimsvotn volcano drifted over the country, curtailing services at Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin airports. Last year, dust from another Icelandic volcano closed European airspace for six days, halting 100,000 flights, according to the International Air Transport Association.
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA), Germany’s biggest carrier, expects to operate a normal schedule today, it said on its website. Ryanair Holdings Plc (RYA), British Airways and EasyJet Plc (EZJ) didn’t list any ash-related cancelations on their sites.
Lufthansa halted at least 150 trips yesterday, according to Patrick Meschenmoser, a spokesman. A day earlier, airlines canceled more than 500 flights in Scotland and northern England as the ash cloud drifted over those regions.
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