Volcanic ash plays it part again - air space might be shut again

Parts of UK airspace might be shut again on Sunday and if it happens so it is expected to be shut until Tuesday. It is expected that the parts of south east are likely to be affected by the fresh volcanic eruption in Iceland and with the winds bringing it over the UK. Heathrow is expected to be shut, this is sign of worry for all major airlines who fly their passenger across the world through Heathrow. Heathrow is one of the world's busiest airports.

Ireland, Britain eye new ash cloud flight ban

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has said that it may have to impose a airspace closure on Tuesday due to a new volcanic ash cloud moving south. The IAA has confirmed that it is based on the alert from Volcanic Ash Advice Center (VAAC). The Irish carrier Aer Arann has canceled few flights on Monday night. A small area of British air space is also expected to be shut down. It is also expected that the major airports in Europe will not be affected this time. 

Aircraft almost lost an engine in volcanic ash

A Thomas Cook Pilot had to divert back to Manchester airport shortly after take off. The B767 which took off from the the Manchester airport after the ban on airspace was revoked, suffered in the volcanic ash and was safely landed. It seems that there were no passengers on board the flight. The pilot reported that he smelt ash and a bad running engine when the aircraft was at 20,000 ft climbing to 39,000 ft its cruising altitude. Experts fear that the volcanic ash might have clogged the engine values.When asked by the ATC if the pilot wanted to declare an emergency, the pilot had not declared an emergency instead requested priority for landing without being put on holding pattern.

Few flights resume services in Europe

3 flights bound to New York, Dubai and Shanghai left Amsterdam on Monday night with at least 800 passengers. The EU Transport Commissioner is confident that some more flights might resume services on Tuesday. The Volcanic ash cloud over the Europe has crippled all major airlines and has stranded 1000's of passengers in different parts of the world. British Airways and Lufthansa had carried out test flight's and see no problems in resuming services. The British Airways sent a B747 for its test flight, on board the test flight was their CEO.
The bad news is that the volcano eruption in Iceland has strengthen and is moving East towards UK. IATA sees losses worse than post 9/11 because of this airspace closure in Europe