Braving Iceland’s volcano
Ash clouds from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption have repeatedly shut airspace over Europe and across the Atlantic. Now scientists are trying to find out what it will do next
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The airline industry faces a shock worse than the 9/11 terror attacks after a spreading cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland closed down large chunks of European airspace, stranding air travellers around the world
EasyJet to pioneer volcanic ash alert systems
EasyJet said it would become the world’s first airline to test technology that enables aircraft to detect and avoid volcanic ash, in a bid to mitigate future travel disruption.
UK lifts ash-cloud air travel restrictions
More than 1,000 flights are grounded across Europe
Airports closed as volcanic ash continues
Heathrow and Gatwick to be shut from 1am Monday
Travel groups upbeat despite ash disruption
Tui and EasyJet count the cost of disruption
Air travellers face further ash delays
Portugal, Spain, Ireland, France and Italy affected
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Prepare for the next ash plume
It is clear that the five-day shutdown could have been avoided if regulators and governments had acted more urgently to establish the levels of ash through which aircraft could fly safely
Anger erupts for a volcanic exile
I realised that my gloom might have less to do with missing my family and several appointments than with the unfamiliar sensation of being thwarted. Wealth and privilege has made babies of us all, writes Gideon Rachman
Iceland’s revenge
Two years ago, Iceland’s banks blew up, leaving the British and Dutch governments angrily out of pocket. Now, the island has produced another big explosion – again affecting the two countries
A more measured reaction to the ash
The blanket ban must be replaced urgently by more measured precautions, based on scientific knowledge of how much ash is actually in the atmosphere at specific places
Volcano’s fallout is bound to land on the customer
Across Europe eruption disruption has sent passengers, tourists and the companies that carry them rushing to the small print of insurance policies and European Union legislation, hoping that someone else will foot the bill. Who will pay?
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The economic impact of Iceland’s volcanic eruption may ultimately prove insignificant
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