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Iceland volcanic ash travels higher

Volcanic activity at the Eyjafjallajokull eruption in Iceland remains stable, but the gas and ash cloud is higher today than yesterday. The Icelandic Met Office says there are still no signs the eruption is coming to an end.

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Air travel normalising again as volcano changes behaviour

Keflavik International Airport and Reykjavik’s domestic airport both re-opened yesterday afternoon, and ash cloud forecasts show clear skies for the foreseeable future and no further closures predicted for the time being.

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Iceland volcano entering new phase

(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 [...]

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Latest volcano and Iceland air travel update

(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 [...]

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Iceland flights slowly getting back to normal

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.

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Volunteers cleaning up as ash still grounds Iceland flights

The volcanic ash cloud is still keeping Iceland’s Keflavik International Airport closed and domestic flights from Reykjavik are also cancelled again today.

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Icelandair offers alternative flight destinations

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.

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Iceland volcano means Europe flight chaos continues

Nearly 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.

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