Posted on 06 May 2010. Tags: ash, eruption, Eyjafjallajokull, flights, Iceland, volcano
(This article relates to the 2010 eruption at Eyjafjallajokull. For information on the May 2011 eruption at Grimsvotn, please check the IceNews homepage for regular updates) The gas cloud from South Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption reached a height of ten kilometres yesterday evening before settling back to six kilometres. Gunnar Gudjonsson at the Icelandic Meteorological Office told Visir.is that the volcano is producing large amounts of ash again and the cloud is darker than in previous days. Read the full story
Posted in Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, MBL, Travel
Posted on 27 April 2010. Tags: Eyjafjallajokull, flights, Iceland, keflavik, volcano
(This article relates to the 2010 eruption at Eyjafjallajokull. For information on the May 2011 eruption at Grimsvotn, please check the IceNews homepage for regular updates) Volcanic activity at South Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano and the production of ash have been steady over the last few days and the lava stream continues to flow to the north. Geologists and meteorologists say that although activity is much lower now than at the peak, there is no sign the eruption is coming to an end. Read the full story
Posted in Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Travel
Posted on 26 April 2010. Tags: Eyjafjallajokull, flights, Iceland, Icelandair, volcano
Domestic flights from Reykjavik are likely to resume today and Iceland Express has provisionally decided to fly to and from Keflavik – although this can change at short notice. Read the full story
Posted in Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Travel
Posted on 25 April 2010. Tags: Eyjafjallajokull, flights, Iceland, keflavik, volcano
The volcanic ash cloud is still keeping Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport closed and domestic flights from Reykjavik are also cancelled again today. Read the full story
Posted in Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Travel
Posted on 18 April 2010. Tags: aviation, Copenhagen, flights, Iceland, Icelandair, oslo, stockholm, tampere
Icelandair has decided its service to Copenhagen today will be cancelled, but an extra flight to Oslo will be provided instead. The flight to Helsinki is also cancelled, but will be replaced with a flight to Tampere. Icelandair will fly to Stockholm today as planned. Read the full story
Posted in Denmark, Finland, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Sweden, Travel
Posted on 17 April 2010. Tags: aviation, Eyjafjallajokull, flights, Iceland, volcano
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y all of the biggest airports in Europe will remain closed to air traffic today due to the cloud of volcanic ash spreading across the continent from the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in South Iceland. 16,000 were cancelled yesterday alone. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Travel
Posted on 16 April 2010. Tags: aviation, Europe, flights, Iceland
Icelandair has confirmed that two flights will leave Keflavik for Glasgow this afternoon, with passengers booked to London also invited to fly to Glasgow if they choose. Icelandair flights to North America are still running but most flights to Europe are cancelled today. Read the full story
Posted in General, Iceland, International, MBL, Travel, United Kingdom
Posted on 15 April 2010. Tags: aviation, flights, heathrow, Iceland, UK, volcano
The Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupting in South Iceland is having serious impacts on aviation – including the closure of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports, as well as Oslo Gardemoen. Read the full story
Posted in Business, Environment, General, Iceland, MBL, Norway, Sweden, Travel, United Kingdom
Posted on 22 March 2010. Tags: flights, Iceland, iceland news, volcano
An increase in activity at the Fimmvorduhals volcano this morning has led to the no-fly zone in southern Iceland being widened. Read the full story
Posted in Energy, Environment, General, Iceland, International, MBL, Society
Posted on 21 March 2010. Tags: flights
Flights from Iceland are to resume at 11:00 from Keflavik International airport. Information about Icelandair flight status can be found here.
Information about flights to Iceland can also be found at the Keflavik International airport website.
Posted in General, Iceland, Lifestyle, Society, Travel