Wednesday 5 May 2010

Volcanic Ash: parts of UK airspace shut as ash heads south

The Times
"..EU transport ministers agreed at an emergency meeting yesterday to speed plans to unify European airspace, which they hope will ease any future disruption. Siim Kallas, the EU Transport Commissioner, said there had been progress on the plan, which would reconfigure the airspace of all 27 member states into nine larger blocks by June 2012. However, there was little sign of agreement on a state bailout of airlines, which have lost about £1.12 billion so far as a result of the ash crisis. "

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