Europe’s skies were open for business on Wednesday but with so many planes having been grounded by the pall of volcanic ash spreading from Iceland, it could take days or weeks to clear the backlog. About 75 per cent of flights in Europe operated on Wednesday – some 21,000 of the 28,000 flights normally scheduled, European air traffic agency Euro control said. Almost all of European airspace below 20,000 feet was available, with restrictions in some areas such as southern Sweden and Helsinki.
“It is anticipated that these restrictions will gradually be lifted throughout the day,” Euro control said in a statement. Britain, a global air hub as well as a busy destination in its own right, reopened its airspace on Tuesday night, giving a huge boost to travellers and air freight. British Airways said it was operating all its long-haul flights departing from Heathrow and Gatwick airports on Wednesday, but there would be some short-haul cancellations. Air France also said it would run all long-haul flights on Wednesday, Poland will reopen its airspace from 0500 GMT, and the Dutch allowed night flights from Tuesday after taking the lead in allowing passenger flights on Monday. German air traffic control said German airspace would be open, though of the 60 flights listed on the Frankfurt airport Web site on Wednesday, 46 were cancelled.
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Saturday, July 3, 2010
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