(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
Icelandair has decided to move its hub from Glasgow back to Keflavik International Airport from midday and will also stop routing its Icelandic flights through Akureyri at that time. At least three flights from Glasgow are expected to land at Keflavik this afternoon. 
The volcanic ash cloud is still keeping Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport closed and domestic flights from Reykjavik are also cancelled again today. 
Despite staying open while the Eyjafjallajokull volcanic ash was wreaking havoc on European aviation, Keflavik International Airport in Iceland is set to close today (Friday) for the first time. Airlines are working on alternatives to keep passengers moving. 
Keflavik International Airport is the main mid-Atlantic hub airport and boasts high quality, comprehensive facilities designed to serve aviation on the ever-important polar and transatlantic routes – in addition to freight and passenger flights to and from Iceland. Keflavik International Airport consistently places among the top airports in Europe in ACI surveys. ACI (Airports Council International) surveys monitor passengers’ opinions on more than 30 different aspects of airport service and Keflavik is now the best in Europe in several crucial areas, and second overall, according to the most recent survey. 
An Israeli passenger plane on its way from Tel Aviv to New York landed in Keflavik airport yesterday afternoon. There was a burning smell in the cabin of the Boeing 747 aircraft. The pilot decided to land at Keflavik airport around 15:30 (3:30pm) yesterday local time. According to MBL, there were about 400 passengers on board but there were no injuries reported. 
Around 2 million passengers each year enjoy the services provided by KEF. The duty free shopping on arrival and departure, the friendly ground employees, the restaurants, and the clean facilities all make up Keflavik’s enjoyable and comfortable atmosphere for passengers. The Airports Council International survey placed Keflavik in first place last year in several important categories, as well as ranking it the 8th 
A 13 year old girl was sleepwalking the other night. She left her home and took keys for a jeep from an area in Iceland called Husafell and drove the jeep all the way to Keflavik, all during her sleepwalk. The girl is uninjured and the truck was not damaged, according t0 Morgunbladid. 
For the first time ever, direct flights between Iceland’s international airport Keflavik and Seattle-Tacoma in the United States began yesterday by Iceland’s national flag carrier airline, Icelandair. The flight lasted about 7 to 8 hours in a Boeing 757-200 (TF-FIA). When the aircraft was departing to Seattle from Keflavik, the inbound flights from Mainland Europe flew around in a circle over Reykjavik and the capital area before touching down in Keflavik. The old DC-3, otherwise known as Pall Sveinsson, also joined them. 
Keflavik, Iceland: At 14:44 local and GMT time (2:44pm) at Iceland’s largest international airport and gateway airport to the country, Keflavik, a United Airlines Boeing 767-300 made an emergency landing. The United Airlines Flight Number 949 flying en route London Heathrow to Chicago O’hare (ORD) when the flight crew and pilots witnessed smoke coming from the cockpit. As per standard procedures, the pilots declared an emergency and diverted to the closest airfield from the present location which was Keflavik, Iceland. 
