Several airlines suspended their flights in the United Kingdom. Bristish Airways and KLM, among the affected. It is feared the arrival in the islands of the ash cloud. AENA: The probability that reach Spain is diminishing. Several airlines that operate in the United Kingdom announced this Monday night that will cancel all or almost all their flight s scheduled for Tuesday by forecasting that appears in Scottish airspace ash from the Icelandic volcano Grimsvotn, which erupted last Saturday.
The first to announce cancellations were two Scottish regional airlines, Eastern Airways and Loganair. On its website, Loganair said that, taking into account the part of the Office weather of the United Kingdom, which provides a cloud of ash high density in the area, has decided to suspend all its flights between 05.00 and 12.00 GMT – some 36-less as linking the islands of Orkney. As flights planned for the afternoon of Tuesday, it is likely that they are also suspended, since it is estimated that the cloud does not disappear until Wednesday morning. However, the airline recommends customers to consult the web page to find out about the latest flight information. Loganair has launched additional services to compensate for the cancellation of flights from Tuesday. For its part, Eastern Airways stated that it has cancelled all its flights scheduled for tomorrow, about 50, until further notice.
In addition, the Dutch KLM ctuo also this Monday the first cancellations, suspending 16 flights provided with origin or destination in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Newcastle. British Airways, for its part, announced that it will not operate any flights between London and Scotland until three o’clock in the afternoon of this Tuesday (hour peninsular Spanish). EasyJet, Flybe and Aer Lingus have also cancelled flights in the Islands. The British Civil Aviation Authority had already warned that there was the possibility that the cloud of ash from the Icelandic volcano alter the air traffic in the United Kingdom. Source of the news: early cancellations of flights by the Icelandic volcano