After another temporary interruption on air space in Europe, UK airports reopened this morning. Not many changes have occurred in regard to the volcano – eruption is still ongoing, but the ash cloud remains due to calm weather recently.
Heathrow and Gatwick have reopened its no-fly zone, and Amsterdam and Dublin remained closed, but were expected to open later in the day. Europe’s air traffic control agency said that the ash is expected to break up soon, freeing its air space. Approximately 28,000 flights were expected to fly today, which is an estimated 1,000 less than usual.
To accommodate for local travel, the EuroStar train system ran four more trains (3,500 more seats) to and from London and Paris.
In London, Gatwick did not accept arrivals until early afternoon, but 100 flights were expected to depart. Heathrow reduced arrivals from 44 an hour to 30 an hour.
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