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Volcanic Ash Delays European Flights For Second Straight Day

   VOA News 09 May 2010

Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS

   The  Noepakot  and  Thorvaldseyri  farms are dwarfed by a plume of ash
   rising  from a volcano erupting under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, as
   seen from Hvolsvollur, Iceland, Wednesday, May 5, 2010

   Air  traffic  in  France,  northern Italy, Switzerland and Portugal is
   limited,  as ash from an Icelandic volcano disrupts air travel for the
   second straight day.
   Meanwhile,  several  airports  in  Spain, including in Barcelona, have
   reopened Sunday.
   Hundreds  of  flights  were  canceled  Saturday, as plumes of ash once
   again  blew  toward  western Europe.  Spain closed 19 airports, while
   flights were also canceled in Portugal.
   Another ash cloud is hanging over the Atlantic Ocean.  Trans-Atlantic
   flights  between Europe and the United States are being rerouted north
   above Greenland, causing substantial delays.
   Officials with the European flight control agency, Eurocontrol, warned
   the ash could spread during the coming days.
   Volcanic  activity has shuttered parts of Europe's airspace on-and-off
   for more than a month.
   The  European  Union  says airlines lost more than $3 billion when ash
   from  the  same volcano crippled air travel across Europe for nearly a
   week in April.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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