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Travel chaos as cloud of ash drifts over Europe

The Associated Press - Jennifer Quinn, Robert Barr - ‎13 hours ago‎
As the cloud moved east, flights were halted Friday at Frankfurt airport, Europe's third-busiest terminal, and at 10 other German airports including ...

Ash cloud shuts down major airports across Europe

Deutsche Welle - ‎21 hours ago‎
Most major airports in Germany were closed on Friday, including Hamburg, Leipzig, Duesseldorf and Berlin. At the main Frankfurt airport - Europe's second ...

Europe flight restrictions continue

Irish Times - ‎16 hours ago‎
There were no flights from London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, which handles some 180000 passengers a day, while flights were suspended at ...

Volcanic ash over Europe prompts cancellations at Trudeau Airport

CTV.ca - ‎10 hours ago‎
The volcanic ash cloud over Europe is affecting thousands of Canadian travellers, and has prompted a series of cancellations at Montreal's Trudeau Airport. ...

Ash cloud paralyses European air traffic

Maktoob Business - ‎32 minutes ago‎
There were no flights from London's Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, which handles some 180000 passengers a day, while officials at Germany's Frankfurt ...

Volcanic cloud casts pall over interwoven world

The Associated Press - Arthur Max, Angela Charlton - ‎7 hours ago‎
Restrictions were imposed or lifted as the cloud moved: Flights were suspended at Frankfurt airport, Europe's third-busiest, and elsewhere in Germany, ...

Friday AM Air Traffic Alert: Most European flights still grounded from volcano ash

Examiner.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
London Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt Airport -- Europe's three largest airport hubs -- remained closed on Friday morning. ...

Europe battles air chaos from volcanic ash

Vancouver Sun - Rosa Bryn - ‎2 hours ago‎
Flights to and from Canada were among the thousands cancelled worldwide, including flights between Vancouver International Airport and northern Europe. ...

Ash cloud again grounds US flights to Europe

AFP - ‎6 hours ago‎
Chicago's O'Hare airport saw 22 flights to or from northern Europe cancelled on Friday morning. "Some of those airlines expect to resume operations early ...

Flight disruptions in Europe get even worse

The Associated Press - Jill Lawless - ‎15 minutes ago‎
That halted flights at Europe's two busiest airports — Heathrow in London and Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris — as well as dozens of other airports, ...

Factbox: European airports closed by ash cloud

Montreal Gazette - ‎17 hours ago‎
Airports in Britain, France, Germany and across Europe were closed until at least Saturday. AUSTRIA - Airspace to be closed in steps from "late afternoon" ...

Asia-Europe flights halted due to Iceland volcano

BusinessWeek - Malcolm Foster, Shino Yuasa - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Japan Airlines said nine flights to and from Europe were canceled, including round-trip flights from Narita International Airport to Paris, Amsterdam, ...

Germany closes all airports because of ash cloud

Inquirer.net - ‎3 hours ago‎
The southern city's airport had been the last among Germany's 16 international airports to remain open. Frankfurt, Europe's third busiest after London and ...

Heathrow Airport quiet as ash cloud of Europe makes flying unsafe: Details ...

Gather.com - Jodi Jill - ‎12 hours ago‎
Heathrow Airport may be over a thousand miles away from the volcano but the ash cloud over Europe doesn't question the volcano that is spewing an ocean away ...

West Michigan man stranded in Europe by volcanic ash describes shutdown ...

MLive.com - Kyla King - ‎9 hours ago‎
Karafa, of Ada Township, is one of thousands stuck at London's Heathrow Airport because of the massive drifting plume caused by the Wednesday eruption of a ...

Asian travellers stranded from Europe flight disruptions

Channel News Asia - Timothy Ouyang, Julie Quek - ‎4 hours ago‎
In Japan, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled flights to and from major European airports over fears that the ash could affect the aircraft ...

Volcanic Ash Cloud Causes Historic Airport Shutdown in Europe

The Takeaway - ‎15 hours ago‎
A handout photograph released by the Icelandic Coast Guard showing an aerial view of an ash cloud from a volcanic eruption close to the top of ...

Icelandic Eruptions May Disrupt European Air Traffic for Months

BusinessWeek - Alex Morales, Steve Rothwell - ‎6 hours ago‎
Restrictions over most of the UK will remain in place until 1 pm at least, shutting London Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, and while terminals have ...

European air traffic disruptions expected to last for much of Saturday

Deutsche Welle - ‎9 hours ago‎
Currently, only emergency flights are permitted into and out of the affected regions in Europe. Among the passengers affected by airport closures was German ...

Volcano Costs Rise as Plume Spreads

Wall Street Journal - Paul Sonne, Daniel Michaels - ‎3 hours ago‎
Between 100 and 120 trans-Atlantic flights arrived in Europe of the 300 typically expected. Passengers rested in the departure hall of Copenhagen airport in ...

Chaos continues as ash drifts across Europe

ABC Online - Rachael Brown - ‎7 hours ago‎
Europe's airports could remain closed for another day or two as ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland continues to drift across ...

European airline shares fall as volcanic ash deepens travel chaos

Financial Times - Pilita Clark - ‎4 hours ago‎
... where the Ryanair budget airline said it was cancelling flights to more than 12 destinations in northern Europe until 1pm on Monday. But other airports ...

Volcano leaves travel plans in ashes

ABC Online - Brendan Trembath - ‎13 hours ago‎
Europe's three biggest airports - London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt - were closed by the ash, which is a threat to jet engines and ...

Vancouver flights to Europe uncertain

CBC.ca - ‎14 hours ago‎
Passengers travelling between Canada and Europe should contact their airline or check airport listings for flight cancellations. Passengers can contact Air ...

European countries close airspace due to volcanic ash cloud

Vancouver Sun - ‎9 hours ago‎
Planes of the Air Berlin airline stand on the tarmac at Tegel airport in Berlin after all flights were cancelled due to volcanic ash in skies over Europe, ...

Travellers fed up with flight nightmare

ABC Online - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Ms Bredow says Milan airport is about to close and more European airports could follow. "There's quite a few people in Singapore, we're going to bring them ...

Volcanic eruption grounds thousands of fliers across Europe

Washington Post - Anthony Faiola, Karla Adam - ‎2 hours ago‎
Despite widespread airport closures in Poland, authorities there said they would honor the wishes of the late President Lech Kaczynski's family and hold his ...

Thousands stranded in Asia as European flights canceled due to Icelandic ...

CanadianBusiness.com - Shino Yuasa, Kelly Olsen - ‎25 minutes ago‎
The airline said it was not known when flights would resume, and warned of further delays as European airports struggle to clear a heavy backlog of flights. ...

Volcanic ash continues to disrupt Europe flights

Los Angeles Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
Passengers use camp beds as they wait for the resumption of flights Friday at the Frankfurt airport, the biggest in Germany. Flights there were halted ...

Hopes dashed for late Friday European departures

CTV.ca - ‎6 hours ago‎
Despite early optimism from officials at the Vancouver airport, all European departures – including flights to London, Frankfurt and Amsterdam – have been ...

Some O'Hare flights still grounded due to Icelandic volcano

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎13 hours ago‎
Volcanic activity in Iceland is continuing to ground flights to Europe from O'Hare International Airport on Friday, according to the Chicago Department of ...

Europe-bound flights from India grounded

The Hindu - ‎7 hours ago‎
Hundreds of thousands of travellers are stranded at European airports following large scale cancellations of flights operating to the UK, Europe and North ...

Ash wreaks havoc across Europe

The Sun - Brian Cox - ‎3 hours ago‎
But the city's airport was due to stay shut until at least 1am today. The Ministry of Defence said: "If the case is serious we can be granted exemption. ...

Europe faces prolonged flight disruptions

Daily Nation - ‎12 hours ago‎
Lufthansa planes sit on the tarmac at Frankfurt airport April 16, 2010. A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano caused further air travel chaos across ...

Travel plans swirl in cloud of ash

Business Times (subscription) - Uma Shankari, Karen Ng - ‎8 hours ago‎
And as the cloud moved east, flights were halted in German airports. Poland also expanded its no-fly zone Across Europe, some 17000 of a total of 28000 ...

European Flight Cancellations Move Into Saturday

NPR - Eleanor Beardsley - ‎19 hours ago‎
Air traffic is disrupted in the United Kingdom and in Northern Europe. Please contact your airline before going to the airport. BEARDSLEY: At 11 PM, ...

Airports remain shuttered across Northern Europe

MarketWatch - Simon Kennedy - ‎21 hours ago‎
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Airports remained shuttered across much of Northern Europe Friday in the biggest-ever disruption of ...

Volcanic ash disrupts more flights across Europe

CNN - ‎11 hours ago‎
The Spanish airport authority said 617 fights have been canceled and that 40 percent of the scheduled 1600 flights between Spain and northern Europe were ...

Europe's Volcanic Disruption

Wall Street Journal - Matthew Curtin - ‎14 hours ago‎
From conserving cash to avoiding ash—it is proving a long hard winter for Europe's airlines and airports. Of 28000 average flights a day ...

Ash cloud over Europe could last for months

Christian Science Monitor - Tom A. Peter - ‎14 hours ago‎
Major airports across Europe remain closed as aviation officials wait for the ash cloud to disperse. Bloomberg offers a complete listing of airport closures ...

Factbox: Impact of volcanic ash cloud on Europe

Reuters - Peter Apps, Andrew Torchia - ‎5 hours ago‎
... so assuming an estimated 80 percent of Europe's airports are shut for 48 hours, the disruption will cut 1.87 million barrels of demand. ...

Icelandic Volcano Impacts Economy, Industry, Environment

Voice of America - David Byrd - ‎5 hours ago‎
Europe is unique in that they have a lot of low-cost carriers. You've got Easy Jet operating out of Luton airport in London. Some other low-cost carriers ...

Thousands affected by cancellations of flights from S'pore to Europe

Channel News Asia - Claire Huang - ‎16 hours ago‎
In Singapore, passengers spent the night at the airport, unable to fly as flight disruptions to places like France and the United Kingdom spread to other ...

A traveller's nightmare

TODAYonline - Claire Huang, Leong Wee Keat - ‎6 hours ago‎
The European authorities said cancellations are likely to continue into the weekend. At Changi Airport, stranded passengers have been provided with sleeping ...

Ash plume threatens more air chaos

Aljazeera.net - ‎1 hour ago‎
The closure of European airspace is the biggest shutdown to hit aviation since World War Two, closing the continent's three biggest airports - London ...

Best Advice for Travelers: Rebook Your Flight

New York Times - Christine Negroni - ‎2 hours ago‎
The northern portion of Ireland was clear of the ash cloud on Friday, leaving the Dublin airport one of the few European airports operating. ...

Plane in past toxic cloud

The Sun - Nick Sharpe - ‎3 hours ago‎
... the island's Keflavik airport passengers were treated to a bird's eye view of the 25000ft-high leviathan that's brought Northern Europe to its knees. ...

Iceland's volcano nixes 75% of Euro flights at Logan

Boston Herald - Donna Goodison - ‎55 minutes ago‎
Only about 120 trans-Atlantic flights reached European airports compared to 300 on a normal day, and about 60 flights between Asia and Europe were canceled.

Volcano's economic impact may be modest

CBC.ca - ‎10 hours ago‎
(Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press) The volcano shutting European airports is bad news for travellers and airlines, but the overall economic impact may be muted. ...

Possible flights to Europe from Vancouver today

CTV.ca - ‎14 hours ago‎
Getting to England, France and most of northwestern Europe is almost impossible by air today -- but officials at Vancouver International Airport are keeping ...

Ash Spreads Across Europe, Closing More Airports Friday

The Ledger - Nicola Clark, Liz Robbins - ‎49 minutes ago‎
A vast, high-altitude cloud of volcanic ash continued to spread over northern Europe on Friday as airspace and Europe's busiest airports remained closed and ...

Air China cancels flights to Europe

BusinessWeek - ‎14 hours ago‎
An official at the news office of the Beijing Capital International Airport said the number of cancellations would likely increase Friday. ...

PHOTOS: Latest Icelandic volcano shots

Toronto Sun - ‎7 hours ago‎
A huge ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano spread out across Europe on Friday causing air travel chaos on a scale not seen since the September 11 attacks ...

Frankfurt Airport CLOSED!

LALATE (blog) - ‎59 minutes ago‎
There is no change yet in Frankfurt airport's closure for April 16 due to the ash cloud over Europe from the Iceland volcanic eruption. ...

A third of flights from India hit

Business Standard - ‎10 hours ago‎
... Heathrow Airport and Delhi and Mumbai. Flights to US were also affected as most of them either have a stopover in Europe or overfly the continent. ...

Volcano forces GG to miss Poland funeral

Stuff.co.nz - ‎2 hours ago‎
DELAYED: Passengers wait in line for their connecting flights at Schiphol Airport. A volcanic dust cloud disrupting air traffic across Europe has forced ...

Volcano effect: More flights cancelled

Hindu Business Line - ‎9 hours ago‎
Flight operations from India to Europe have been severely affected due to the volcanic eruption in Iceland, creating bad weather conditions over parts of ...

Seattle flights to European destinations canceled

Seattle Times - Carol Pucci - ‎2 hours ago‎
Travel-guidebook writer and public-television host Rick Steves flew from London to Venice on Wednesday, the day before London's airports shut down. ...

Why can't jets fly in volcanic ash clouds?

Christian Science Monitor - David Scott - ‎10 hours ago‎
Dozens of airports around Europe have been closed and flights canceled because of the volcanic ash spewed from Iceland. Cars and buses are driving around ...

Volcanic ash cloud cripples flights to Europe

Newsday (subscription) - ‎4 hours ago‎
Parts of airspace in Ireland and Sweden reopened Friday, but London's Heathrow and other airports in Britain are expected to remain closed Saturday, ...

'Completely empty' skies over most of north Europe

Irish Times - Arthur Beesley - ‎5 hours ago‎
A “unique” wave of disruption intensified yesterday with the cancellation of up to 13000 flights, as airports closed in more than a dozen countries due to ...

The World Today, Apr 16 - No end in sight to air travel restrictions following ...

Vancouver Sun - Jonathan Manthorpe - ‎9 hours ago‎
Airport authorities throughout Europe say they do not expect normal air traffic to resume until Saturday afternoon at the earliest. Normally there are about ...

Qantas predicts delays could last a week

The Age - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Airlines warn that Europe-bound flights from Australia could be delayed up to a week by the vast cloud of volcanic ash blanketing most of the continent. ...

Volcano Ash: England Grounded In Flight Ban

Sky News - Jo Couzens - ‎6 hours ago‎
Nats said: "We continue to work closely with airports, airlines and the rest of Europe to understand and mitigate the implications of the volcanic eruption. ...

European air agency: Disruptions through Saturday

eTaiwan News - Robert Wielaard - ‎11 hours ago‎
He said senior aviation that have cleared the skies of northern Europe of all civilian air traffic. Flynn defended the closing of airports _ an ...

Air travel 'facing days of chaos'

BBC News - ‎7 hours ago‎
Most major European airports have been closed as a plume of volcanic ash drifts south from Iceland across the continent, bringing travel chaos. ...

Volcanic Dust Cloud: All You Need To Know

Sky News - James Davies - ‎14 hours ago‎
A spokesman at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, said 840 out of 1250 flights were affected, disrupting about 180000 passengers. ...

European Ash Cloud Continues to Spread, Halting Flights for Second Day

Voice of America - Selah Hennessy - ‎10 hours ago‎
... parts of Poland including Warsaw airport and the Czech Republic. And Flynn says the cloud is spreading. "The southern part of Europe is for the most ...

Ash cloud affecting travel plans for PM, military

CTV.ca - ‎13 hours ago‎
"Once the airports are open, then we'll start moving troops." The flight to Afghanistan typically involves a stop at an airport somewhere in Europe, ...

Live: Volcanic cloud over Europe

BBC News - ‎21 hours ago‎
Deputy Head Brian Flynn says passenger movements across Europe dropped by 50% on Friday. All flights out of Charles de Gaulle, Orly and all airports north ...

Protecting from volcanic ash

Economic Times - ‎11 hours ago‎
The airport was closed due to a cloud of volcanic ash in the upper atmosphere above much of Europe, emanating from a volcanic eruption near the ...

Flight disruptions in Europe get even worse

Today's Zaman - ‎5 hours ago‎
Passengers crowd in the departure lobby as their flights for Europe were canceled at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, West of Seoul, South Korea, ...

Losses spiral as plume 'to cost airlines €750m'

Irish Times - Paul Cullen - ‎5 hours ago‎
ICELANDIC ERUPTION: THE CLOUD OF volcanic ash that has shut airports across Ireland and the rest of northern Europe, stranding thousands of passengers, ...

Most Europe-bound flights cancelled out of YVR

CTV.ca - ‎Apr 15, 2010‎
Airports across Europe were forced to close after an erupting volcano in Iceland spewed a treacherous ash cloud, closing all air space over Britain, ...

Icelandic volcano cancels India, Sri Lanka flights to north European, American ...

Asian Tribune - Gopal Ethiraj - ‎7 hours ago‎
So thick was the ash drift that airport officials said that they did not know when the skies over aviation's most congested airspace in Europe could be safe ...

Passengers stranded by volcano

The Province - Katie Mercer - ‎19 hours ago‎
An ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano grounded air traffic to Europe Thursday, leaving passengers at Vancouver International Airport frazzled to find a way ...

Volcano Insurance, Anyone?

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Vladimir Guevarra - ‎14 hours ago‎
And contrary to popular belief, Europe does have its own set of dangerous volcanoes. With the decision of countries like the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, ...

Iceland's volcano means 100000 could be stranded for weeks

Mirror.co.uk - ‎6 hours ago‎
... shut down airports for a second day yesterday. A further 17000 European flights were cancelled – adding to the estimated 4000 scrapped on Thursday. ...

Ash creates no-fly zone

The Kingston Whig-Standard - Kylie Maclellan - ‎18 hours ago‎
A spokesman at London's Heathrow airport, Europe's busiest, said 840 out of 1250 flights on Thursday were affected, disrupting about 180000 passengers. ...

Ash effect: Air passengers stranded with nowhere to go

Daily News & Analysis - Naveeta Singh - ‎8 hours ago‎
Thousands of passengers were stranded at Mumbai's Sahar international airport with their eyes glued totelevision screens for updates. ...

Europe, UK flights delayed until Sunday

ABC Online - ‎Apr 15, 2010‎
... got to the airport until you have confirmed with us. "It is going to take some time [to] work through the backlog of flights coming in from Europe. ...

More LAX-Europe Flights Canceled

CBS 2 - ‎9 hours ago‎
Passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport were grounded Thursday morning by the volcanic ash affecting air travel all over Europe. ...

Volcanic ash likely to ground flights across Europe over entire weekend

Sofia Echo - ‎18 hours ago‎
The Sofia Airport has confirmed that flights to and from Germany are cancelled. A Wizz Air flight bound from Dortmund and a Bulgaria Air flight inbound from ...

Volcanic ash: Iceland escapes unscathed while the rest of Europe is at standstill

The Guardian - ‎10 hours ago‎
The country's largest airport, Keflavik, was open today, with scheduled flights to North America and one due to return from Alicante, Spain. ...

Air Travel Chaos Deepens Into Weekend

New York Times - Alan Cowell, Nicola Clark - ‎15 hours ago‎
By Friday afternoon, most of Europe's major airports — crucial hubs for international travelers and cargo — were closed, although some airports in Western ...

Volcanic Cloud Closes Airports Across Europe

Krakow Post - Brien Barnett - ‎12 hours ago‎
All Polish airspace has been closed, including Krakow's John Paul II (Balice) airport. Across Europe, some of the largest airports also were closed, ...

Iceland's volcano affects Brisbane travellers' plans

ABC Online - Siobhan Barry - ‎Apr 15, 2010‎
Airline spokesman David Epstein says anyone travelling to Europe or London in the few days should not go to the airport until they have received firm ...

Airline stocks lose altitude as ash trail hits revenue

Financial Times - Pilita Clark - ‎2 hours ago‎
... parts of northern Europe into a no-fly zone. Large flag carriers and no-frills airlines alike saw their shares dip as airport closures spread across the ...

Frankfurt Airport Closed Due to Ash Cloud, Flight Control Says

BusinessWeek - Mike Gavin - ‎22 hours ago‎
... Gavin April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Fraport AG's Frankfurt airport was closed this morning due to the cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland moving across Europe, ...

Volcanic Ash Closes European Airports

Business Jet Traveler - ‎8 hours ago‎
Volcanic ash from Iceland continues to disrupt air traffic across Europe, causing cancellation of around 17000 flights, according to Eurocontrol, ...

Iceland volcano could affect Pittsburgh flights

Beaver County Times - Larissa Theodore - ‎12 hours ago‎
PITTSBURGH — Area travelers expecting to take a flight from Pittsburgh International Airport to Europe may want to check with their airlines for changes or ...

Qantas Cancels All Flights To Europe

Bernama - ‎21 hours ago‎
Singapore Airlines is also advising passengers leaving Australia on flights to the closed airports in Europe, to not go to airports.

Volcano ash could affect flights for weeks to come, experts warn

USA Today - ‎14 hours ago‎
Yet the fallout of a massive eruption of a volcano in Iceland is just what's creating havoc for thousands of passengers flying to or within Europe this week ...

Volcano ash: Your stories

BBC News - ‎16 hours ago‎
Most flights in the UK will remain grounded until early Saturday as ash from a volcano in Iceland continues to drift across Europe. ...

Flight ban continues in Northern Europe

Xinhua - ‎17 hours ago‎
... at least 5000 flights across Europe have been canceled. But in Iceland domestic flights were allowed on most routes and Keflavik International Airport ...

Volcanic ash and air travel chaos

Globe and Mail - ‎12 hours ago‎
Passengers wait in the departure hall at the Vienna airport April 16, 2010. A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano spread out across Europe on Friday ...

Insurers Say Airlines Not Covered For Volcano Disruption

Wall Street Journal - Vladimir Guevarra, Ulrike Dauer - ‎13 hours ago‎
Air space across northern Europe was closed from early Thursday, grounding thousands of planes across the world. The disruption was set to continue into the ...

Air-Travel Chaos Spreads as Volcano Ash Lingers

TIME - William Lee Adams - ‎13 hours ago‎
At London's Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest, the eruption affected 1200 flights and some 180000 passengers. By early Friday, Britain's National ...

Indian carriers cancel flights to US, Europe, Canada

Economic Times - ‎18 hours ago‎
MUMBAI: Indian carriers on Friday halted flights to Europe, the US and Canada following the closure of airports in Europe due to a cloud of volcanic ash ...

Smoked Out: Why Volcanic Ash and Planes Fight for the Same Small Airspace

Newsweek (blog) - Olya Schechter - ‎5 hours ago‎
Although flying through the ash isn't always deadly, the sheer volume of the volcanic output over England is enough to shut down Heathrow airport until the ...
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